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Estimated number of species in the orchid family (the most species-rich of all angiosperm families) Plant orchid 25000 Species 106653 Hsiao et al., Researches...
Age of the most recent common ancestor of extant orchids Plant orchid 76-84 Mya 106654 Hsiao et al., Researches...
Time required to finish the juvenile stage and flower from seed Plant orchid 4-7 Years 106655 Hsiao et al., Researches...
Number of flowering plant species Plants 250,000 to 400,000 Species 107611 Gruber CW et al., Di...
Estimated number of medicinal plant species Plants 30,000 to 80,000 Species 107293 Mochamad Afendi et al....
Composition of neutral sugars in pseudobulb Orchid Oncidium sp. Mannose 96.4%: arabinose 1.5%: galactose 0.9%: glucose 1.2% % 106656 Wang HL, Yeh KW, Chen PR...
Amount of DNA (1C-value, smallest of any plant) Plant Genlisea aurea 0.065 (Table - link) pg 110279 Dr. Ilia J. Leitch, Prof....
Average number of unique metabolites biosynthesized in individual species Plants 4.7 Metabolites/species 107292 Mochamad Afendi et al....
Sequenced plant genomes Plants Site - link N/A 110561 https://genomevoluti...
Estimated rates of plant extinction and speciation in the distant past (background), the recent past (Anthropocene), and the future (projected) Plants Table - link S/MSY (species per million species per year) 113398 Vellend M et al., Plant...
Speed of snapping - one of fastest movements in plant kingdom Plant Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula 100 msec 106630 Forterre Y, Skotheim JM...
Speed of communicating signal within plant Plants fastest ~1m/sec: slowest (some hormones) ~1cm/hour: most (thorough vascular system) 1-8mm/sec N/A 113538 Trewavas A. The foundations...
Estimated number of metabolites expected to have some efficacy in human Plants 136,436 to 367,328 Metabolites 107294 Mochamad Afendi et al....
Total terrestrial plant biomass Biosphere 600-800 Pg Carbon 100820 Aquatic photosynthesis...
Number of plant species Plants ~350,000 (representing an estimated 80–90% of the global total) species 113395 Vellend M et al., Plant...
PPi concentration in plant cells Plants ~0.3 mM 108183 Leustek T, Saito K. Sulfate...
Water content in mature pollen grain of angiosperm Plants 15-30 % 105644 Boavida LC, Becker JD...
Number of plant species from which DSE have been described Fungus Dark septate endophytes (DSE) >600 plant species 113530 Deng Z, Cao L. Fungal...
Plant DNA C-values Database Plants Database - link N/A 102726 Royal botanic gardens at Kew...
Anatomical data for species by site Plants Table - link N/A 110838 Slaton MR, Smith WK (2002)...