The Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru (Brako and Zarucchi 1993) listed 17143 taxa from Peru with their geographical and elevational distribution; of those, 5354 were endemic. The current study is based on the 5323 endemic species (intraspecific taxa excluded) that are included in the table made during the writing of the Catalogue that lists all species. The Catalogue presented a wealth of information, but has not been used much other than by taxonomists.