Summary
Included here is the Alps a large crescent shaped mountain system situated in south-central Europe. In the biogeographic system used in this website the Alps are considered to be part of the Central European biozone.
Of the alpine endemic and near endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 697 taxa in 160 genera and 44 families but no endemic genera.
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