Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines

This illustrated checklist is a continuation of the works of Elmer D. Merrill (1876-1956) and Leonardo L. Co (1953-2010), authorities on the Philippine vascular Flora.

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CDFP-derived statistics for Philippine vascular plants (v. 27 December 2019)

		Angiosperms	Gymnosperms	Pteridophytes	Total
No. of families		233	6	40	279
No. of genera		1753	12	166	1931
Total no. of species		9026	40	1077	10143
	No. of native species	8445	40	1071	9556
	No. of naturalized species	581	0	6	587
No. of endemic species		4438	14	262	4714
% of endemic species (of total native species)		52.6	35.0	24.5	49.3

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For a synopsis of this website, see Barcelona et al. 2013. Philippine Journal of Science 142: 57-67

Recommended Citation: Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona & D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines. www.philippineplants.org