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Plant
Biodiversity in the
Indian River Lagoon
Plants comprised 11.6% of the total species
biodiversity documented in the original IRL Species Inventory. The Tracheophyta (vascular
plants), accounted for over half (50.9%) of all plants inventoried.
The Rhodophyta (red algae) accounted for 25.6% of species diversity, while
the Chlorophyta (green algae), and the Phaeophyta (brown algae) accounted
for 15.6% and 7.9% respectively.
| Group |
# Species |
| Division Tracheophyta |
147 |
| Division Rhodophyta |
74 |
| Division Chlorophyta |
45 |
| Division Phaeophyta |
23 |
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