Editing Neotropical realm (section)

=== Plants ===
According to Simberloff. as of 1984 there were a total of 92,128 species of [[flowering plants]] (Angiosperms) in the Neotropics.<ref>{{cite journal | last= Simberloff | first= Daniel | date= March–April 1984 | title= The Next Mass Extinction | journal= Garden | volume= 8 | issue= 2 | pages= 4–5}}</ref>
Plant families endemic and partly subendemic to the realm are, according to Takhtajan (1978), [[Hymenophyllopsidaceae]], [[Marcgraviaceae]], [[Caryocaraceae]], [[Pellicieraceae]], [[Quiinaceae]], [[Peridiscaceae]], [[Bixaceae]], [[Cochlospermaceae]], [[Tovariaceae]], Lissocarpaceae (''[[Lissocarpa]]''), [[Brunelliaceae]], [[Dulongiaceae]], [[Columelliaceae]], [[Julianiaceae]], [[Picrodendraceae]], [[Goupiaceae]], [[Desfontainiaceae]], [[Plocospermataceae]], [[Tropaeolaceae]], Dialypetalanthaceae (''[[Dialypetalanthus]]''), Nolanaceae (''[[Nolana]]''), [[Calyceraceae]], [[Heliconiaceae]], [[Cannaceae]], [[Thurniaceae]] and [[Cyclanthaceae]].<ref>Тахтаджян А. Л. Флористические области Земли / Академия наук СССР. Ботанический институт им. В. Л. Комарова. — Л.: Наука, Ленинградское отделение, 1978. — 247 с. — 4000 экз. [http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/takhtajan1978_flor_oblasti_zemli.djvu DjVu], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9gylTK3CsScC Google Books].</ref><ref>Takhtajan, A. (1986). ''Floristic Regions of the World''. (translated by T.J. Crovello & A. Cronquist). University of California Press, Berkeley, [http://www.gbv.de/dms/bs/toc/024192430.pdf PDF], [http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/takhtajan1986_flor_regions.djvu DjVu].</ref>

Plant families that originated in the Neotropic include [[Bromeliaceae]], [[Cannaceae]] and [[Heliconiaceae]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neotropic Ecozone|date=July 2009|url=https://www.redorbit.com/education/reference_library/earth/geography/2582792/neotropic_ecozone/}}</ref>

Plant species with economic importance originally unique to the Neotropic include:{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
* [[Potato]] (''Solanum tuberosum'')
* [[Tomato]] (''Solanum lycopersicum'')
* [[Theobroma cacao|Cacao]] tree (''Theobroma cacao''), source of [[Cocoa solids|cocoa]] and [[chocolate]]
* [[Maize]] (''Zea mays'')
* [[Passion fruit]] (''Passiflora edulis'')
* [[Guava]] (''Psidium guajava'')
* [[Lima bean]] (''Phaseolus lunatus'')
* Cotton (''[[Gossypium barbadense]]'')
* [[Cassava]] (''Manihot esculenta'')
* [[Sweet potato]] (''Ipomoea batatas'')
* Amaranth (''[[Amaranthus caudatus]]'')
* [[Quinoa]] (''Chenopodium quinoa'')