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| Plant Group |
No. of Species |
Dicotylledonae
(Woody trees, shrubs, herbs and Climbers) |
3,574
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Monocotyledonae (grasses, sedges, rushes and
petalloid monocots |
1,327
|
| Pteridophyta (ferns and fern allied) |
210
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| Bryophyta (Mosses, liverworts) |
135
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| Macrofungi (mushrooms, excluding microbes |
130
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| Lichens |
30
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| Gymnospermae |
6
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| Total |
5,312
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(Adpted from Chapman and White 1970, Binns 1968,
Banda and Morris 1986, Moriarty 1975, Williamson 1975, Jackson and Wiehe
1958, Pullinger and Kitchin 1982.)
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