Full name:

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Short name:

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Version:

2, Feb 2006

Release date:

February 1st, 2006

Authors/editors:

R Govaerts (ed). See http://www.kew.org/wcsp/compilersReviewers.do for the list of reviewers.

Taxonomic coverage:

Plantae - Magnoliophyta - Magnoliopsida - Araliaceae, Betulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fagaceae, Magnoliaceae, Pandaceae, Sapotaceae & Ticodendraceae; Plantae - Magnoliophyta - Liliopsida - Acoraceae, Araceae

Number of species names:

27,215 accepted names; 36,480 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

3,369 accepted names; 12,896 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

79,960

Abstract:

The 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 the Botanical country codes as defined by the Taxonomic Databases Working Group. Pertinent nomenclatural and other comments as well as life-forms are included. Monocots are completed now and will be available in the 2008 Catalogue of Life.

Organization:

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Web site:

http://www.kew.org/wcsp/