Many African plant species face extinction threat

Many African plant species face extinction threat

The Eastern Arc mountain forests in Kenya and Tanzania contain many threatened and rare plant species. Credit: Thomas Couvreur (IRD)

About a third of all tropical African plant species are potentially or likely threatened by extinction, and another third could become so in the near future, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.

Eight of the 10 countries with the highest proportion of threatened species are in West Africa, says a research team led by Thomas Couvreur, from the French National Institute for Sustainable Development.

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