Rarity, species richness, and the threat of extinction--are plants the same as animals?

PLoS Biol · 2011 · PMC3101195 · PMID 21629675

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An observed trend for rare plant species to be in species-rich lineages [20] suggests that speciation and extinction may be linked.

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