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Q. In the last $500$ years, how many species of plants have become extinct from world?

Biodiversity and Conservation

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IUCN Red list ($2004$) documents the extinction of $784$ species in last $500$ years (including: $359$ invertebrates; $338$ vertebrates and $87$ plants).