How many tree species are found in the world's rainforests?

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerJun 1, 2015, 5:35 pm197 pts
The world's tropical rainforests are likely home to 40,000 to 53,000 tree species, argues a paper published this week in PNAS. Analyzing abundance data spanning 657,000 individual tress across 11,371 species, Ferry Slik and 140 other researchers developed estimates for each of the world's three major tropical…

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