Full name:

ILDIS World Database of Legumes

Short name:

ILDIS

Version:

10, Nov 2005

Release date:

November 8th, 2005

Authors/editors:

YR Roskov, FA Bisby, JL Zarucchi, BD Schrire & RJ White (eds)

Taxonomic coverage:

Plantae - Magnoliophyta - Magnoliopsida - Fabales - Fabaceae (Leguminosae)

Number of species names:

19,937 accepted names; 23,312 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

5,118 accepted names; 4,741 synonyms

Number of common names:

16,277

Total number of names:

69,385

Abstract:

The International Legume Database & Information Service project aims to document and catalogue the world's legume species diversity. Database includes additional datasets from Northern Eurasia, South Asia, Malesia and islands of Indian Ocean. New data were input due to Seed Money grant of the GBIF ECAT programme.

Organization:

International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS)

Web site:

http://www.ildis.org