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University of Hawaii Manoa: Islands Host 1/3 of Earth's Plant Species, Conservation Needed
October 17, 2024
MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:

Islands are home to nearly one-third of the world's plant species, despite covering just 5.3% of the Earth's land surface. That's according to a new groundbreaking study published in Nature on October 16, co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa botanist.

An international team of a dozen researchers analyzed data on more than 304,103 vascular (vascular pla . . .

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