Database details
| Full name: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |
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| Short name: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |
| Version: | 27 Nov 2009 |
| Release date: | 2009-11-27 |
| Authors/editors: | R. Govaerts (ed). See http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/compilersReviewers.do for the list of reviewers. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Plantae - Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta, Magnoliophyta - Liliopsida - Acoraceae, Alismataceae, Alstroemeriaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Anarthriaceae, Aponogetonaceae, Araceae, Arecaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteliaceae, Blandfordiaceae, Boryaceae, Bromeliaceae, Burmanniaceae, Butomaceae, Campynemataceae, Cannaceae, Centrolepidaceae, Colchicaceae, Commelinaceae, Corsiaceae, Costaceae, Cyclanthaceae, Cymodoceaceae, Cyperaceae, Dasypogonaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Doryanthaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Flagellariaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hanguanaceae, Heliconiaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Iridaceae NEW! , Ixioliriaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaginaceae, Lanariaceae, Liliaceae, Lowiaceae, Marantaceae, Mayacaceae, Melanthiaceae, Musaceae, Nartheciaceae, Orchidaceae, Pandanaceae, Petermanniaceae, Petrosaviaceae, Philesiaceae, Philydraceae, Pontederiaceae, Posidoniaceae, Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Rhipogonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Smilacaceae, Stemonaceae, Strelitziaceae, Tecophilaeaceae, Thurniaceae, Tofieldiaceae, Triuridaceae, Typhaceae, Velloziaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Xeronemataceae, Xyridaceae, Zingiberaceae, Zosteraceae Magnoliopsida - Araliaceae, Betulaceae, Campanulaceae NEW! , Centroplacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fagaceae, Garryaceae, Hydatellaceae, Magnoliaceae, Myrtaceae except Eucaliptus, Nothofagaceae, Pandaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Picrodendraceae, Putranjivaceae, Rubiaceae, Sapotaceae, Ticodendraceae. |
| English name of the group: | 97 families of seed plants, including almost complete monocots |
| Number of species: | 93,954 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 10,534 |
| Number of synonyms: | 182,111 |
| Number of common names: | 0 |
| Total number of names: | 286,599 |
| Abstract: | These global plant family checklists are compiled at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Each family checklist aims to provide the correct scientific name and includes all known published and accepted species and infraspecific taxa with their synonyms. They include the global distribution both in a narrative form and as the Botanical country codes as defined by the Taxonomic Databases Working Group. Pertinent nomenclatural and other comments as well as life-forms are included. |
| Organization: | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK |
| Website: |
http://apps.kew.org/ |