SOUTH AMERICA

 

Land area: 8,456,510 sq km (5,265,059 sq miles) Population: 173,790,000 million No. of indigenous groups: 237 Indigenous Population: 300,000 No. of indigenous languages: 170

No. of Vascular Plants: 55,000 No. Threatened: 1,358 % Threatened: 2.4 No. Endemic: ? % Endemic: ? No. of medicinal plants: +1500