It takes 300 years to complete the Amazon forest flora statistics

The information has just been published in the Scientific Reports (Scientific Reports) of the United States.

Researcher Nigel Pitman of the Field Museum in Chicago (USA) said the list of plants identified by the scientific community in Azamon forest has so far included 11,187 species. The number of trees above covers an area of ​​about 5.6 million km2.

The Amazon Forest.(Source: tralveltips4life).

In addition, there are 489 identities located in the Amazon forest area, although they are valuable as species but lack data on existence, so they are not scientifically recognized.

A total of 11,676 species and "sub-species" belong to 1,225 genera and 140 families. In particular, legume (Fabaceae, also known as Butterfly family) is the largest family with 1,611 species, followed by Rubiaceae with 1,058 species, Buy (Melastomataceae) with 624 species, Sim family (Myrtaceae). , also known as Huong Dao family, has 606 species, Lauraceae family has 566 species .

From 1900 up to now, biologists have found between 50 and 200 new species of trees in the Amazon every year and it is expected to continue to increase. Therefore, Mr. Pitman said that the discovery and verification of the field of all plants in this " green ocean" would take another 300 years.

The world's largest rainforest and dubbed the "planet of the planet" , the Amazon is home to a huge number of different species of trees and is always considered a large and diverse biological treasure. best of the world.