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How many species are out there?

Posted on September 19th, 2010 by annbot

Finding the number of distinct species is difficult: surveys must be comprehensive, hybrids must be resolved, and the species boundaries and taxonomy must be accurate. One of the major tasks is sorting out cases where the same species has two different names. Accurate knowledge both about numbers of species and their names is essential to [...]