Table 1 Species richness in GlobalUsefulNativeTrees (GlobUNT) for the ten countries with highest richness overall.

From: GlobalUsefulNativeTrees, a database documenting 14,014 tree species, supports synergies between biodiversity recovery and local livelihoods in landscape restoration

Geography

Area

ALL

AF

EU

FU

GS

HF

IF

MA

ME

PO

SU

GTS % (E1%)

Indonesia

1878

2724

425

553

701

129

833

257

2291

1273

280

571

45.9 (16.3)

Malaysia

329

2115

207

364

356

128

609

121

1765

1074

208

273

39.0 (8.3)

Brazil

8358

1772

107

202

96

100

249

31

1059

1143

70

74

20.2 (9.3)

China

9425

1594

146

551

217

215

381

78

975

1105

156

141

34.5 (12.6)

India

2973

1591

232

409

293

143

466

106

1147

1290

211

229

60.7 (25.3)

Thailand

511

1478

183

338

288

99

464

91

1165

1030

193

214

57.1 (3.7)

Papua New Guinea

453

1361

395

398

634

40

452

242

1136

603

160

540

47.6 (22.4)

Colombia

1110

1342

105

212

98

86

250

39

743

930

75

87

22.6 (2.4)

Congo (DRC)

2267

1228

284

477

466

367

632

123

942

978

255

277

60.0 (7.8)

Myanmar

653

1226

162

322

232

100

369

71

926

932

170

177

60.5 (6.6)

Global

120,731

14,014

1494

3317

2162

1552

3310

712

9261

8283

1109

1396

24.2 (12.6)

WCUPS %

34.8

33.7

36.9

85.5

29.8

47.0

68.4

67.8

31.1

36.8

53.8

  1. Area indicates the area in 1000 km2. ALL indicates species richness for all species. AF–SU: See Fig. 1 and main text. GTS % (E1%) shows the percentages of species and country-endemics from the total number of (endemic) species listed in GlobalTreeSearch, see also Fig. 2.