Evidently the new edition of the British flora by Stace covers 4800 taxa, so that is perhaps an estimate of species level taxa.
New flora of the British Isles, 3rd ed. by Clive A. Stace. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.xxxiv+1232 pp. Paperback with plastic cover. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5. £50. Priyantha D. P. Wijesinghe [email protected] ________________________________ From: Carola Haas <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] How many plant taxa in UK? Deb Rabinowitz's Seven Forms of Rarity paper categorized the entire British flora, so that might be a good starting place. Carola A. Haas Professor, Wildlife Ecology Associate Editor, Journal of Wildlife Management Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation 112 Cheatham Hall MC 0321 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 [email protected] 540-231-9269 http://www.fishwild.vt.edu/faculty/haas.htm On Nov 7, 2012, at 5:09 AM, Martin Koechy wrote: > Dear Xiaohua, > the answer depends on whether you include ornamental plants, neophytes, > microspecies, mosses and algae, and the vegetation of the Channel Islands; > and finally on how you split the genera and families. > > The following links may get you closer to the answer: > http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/plants-fungi/postcode-plants/checklist-british-plants.html > http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1739 > > Kind regards, > Martin > > > Am 2012-11-05 um 17:52 schrieb 戴小华: > >> Dear Profs an Drs, >> >> Does anyone know the number of plant species/genera/families (including >> flowering plants and ferns) in UK? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> >> Xiaohua >> ------------------ >> >> -- >> Xiaohua Dai, Dr. >> Mobile: +86 137 6398 8183 >> Publications: http://www.getcited.org/?MBR=11061629 >> Chinese Leafmining Insects: http://www.sciencenet.cn/blog/entomology.htm >> School of Life and Environmental Sciences >> GanNan Normal University >> Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China >> Zip Code: 341000 >> >> ****Signature in Chinese**** >> 戴小华 博士、副教授 >> 江西省赣州市 >> 赣南师范学院生命与环境科学学院 >> 邮政编码：341000 >> 手机号码：13763988183 >> 中国潜叶昆虫：http://www.sciencenet.cn/blog/entomology.htm >> 我的程序：http://360.yahoo.com/informationecology > > -------| http://sci.martinkoechy.de | [email protected] |--------- > Dr. Martin Köchy (Koechy) > Telefon: +49-531-596-5324 * Telefax: +49-531-596-5399 > vCard: http://sci.martinkoechy.de/Koechy.vcf > > Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut > -Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei- > Institut für Marktanalyse und Agrarhandelspolitik > > Johann Heinrich von Thuenen Institute > -Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries- > Institute for Market Analysis and Agricultural Trade Policy > > vTI-MA * Bundesallee 50 * 38116 Braunschweig * GERMANY > Telefon: +49-531-596-5324 * Telefax: +49-531-596-5399 > http://www.vti.bund.de/de/startseite/institute/ma.html > > --------------------------\ Projects /----------------------------------- > MACSUR: http://www.macsur.eu (executive coordinator) > GLOWA Jordan River: http://www.glowa-jordan-river.de > COCOS: http://www.cocos-carbon.org
