Table 1.

Numbers of vascular plant species, estimated number of medicinal plants and percentages of endemism for all the surveyed communities

Study area	Number of vascular plant species	Number of medicinal plants	% of endemism	References
Belize	4423	64	19	[25,26]
Jamaica	2746	116	31	[1,27]
Haiti	4685	161	30	[1,28]
Mexico	30 000	5000	52	[29,25]
Nicaragua	5796-7000	229	19	[25,30]
Panama	8500-9000	265	19	[25,31]
Cuba	6015	101	53	[1,32]
Puerto Rico	2128	172	10	[1,33]
Dominican Republic	4685	200	30	[1,34]