Arrange the following in increasing order of their proportionate number in the global biodiversity of plants
A. Mosses
B. Fungi
C. Algae
D. Lichens
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → D, A, C, B
Counting described species in the plant kingdom pie chart of global biodiversity, lichens are the smallest slice (about 17,000 species), followed by mosses and the other bryophytes (about 20,000).
Algae come next with roughly 40,000 described species, and fungi form by far the largest group, with over 70,000–100,000 species described so far. The increasing order is therefore lichens < mosses < algae < fungi.