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Abstract
The flowering plant diversity of the Satun Geopark was a part of a survey project collecting resources of the biodiversity in the Satun Geopark. The objective of the project was to record plant species in the area. The project began in October 2019 and ended in 2024. After four years (2019–2023) of work, 74 plants families and 342 species were recorded, 312 species were native, and 30 species were exotic. Family Moraceae had highest number of species at 32 species. The habit of trees had the highest number of species at 235 species. On the conservation status, three species were near threatened (NT), 12 species were vulnerable (VU), five species were endangered (EN), and two species were critically endangered (CR).
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