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Floristic summary ofManual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, second edition

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The second edition of theManual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada by Gleason and Cronquist (1991) is the most recent and up-to-date taxonomic treatment of the flora of that region. Since no floristic summary of theManual was included in the publication, a computer analysis of the taxonomic data of theManual was performed in order to generate a floristic summary. Totals of 4285 species, 1091 genera, and 191 families were tabulated. The largest genus wasCarex, with 230 species; the largest family was the Asteraceae, with 528 species. Comparisons made with earlier floras of the same region indicated small declines on the order of 10% for these taxonomic groups.

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Bennett, J.P. Floristic summary ofManual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, second edition. Bot. Rev 62, 203–206 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02857922

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