The Fate of the World's Plants.

Journal Article

A recent report assessing the world's plant species finds continuing progress in completing the taxonomic catalog. However, many undescribed species remain. The report concludes that, presently, 21% of known species risk extinction. We show this statement applies to the short-term and ignores the as-yet undescribed species, which are also likely at risk of extinction. Human actions will extirpate many more by the end of this century.

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Duke Authors

Pimm, Stuart L.

Cited Authors

Pimm, SL; Raven, PH

Published Date

May 2017

Published In

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Volume / Issue

32 / 5

Start / End Page

317 - 320

PubMed ID

28268023

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

1872-8383

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0169-5347

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.tree.2017.02.014

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