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Published online 1 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021028-11
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Estimating the size of the world's threatened flora
New calculation of threatened species gives startling result.
Nearly half of the world's plants could be close to extinction, scientists have warned. The calculation triples previous estimates.
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