Database details
| Full name: | MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database |
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| Short name: | MOST |
| Version: | 1, Jul 2004 |
| Release date: | 2004-07-19 |
| Authors/editors: | Crosby M.R. (ed) |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Plantae - Bryophyta |
| English name of the group: | Mosses |
| Number of species: | 13,365 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 0 |
| Number of synonyms: | 0 |
| Number of common names: | 1,035 |
| Total number of names: | 14,400 |
| Abstract: | The World Checklist of Mosses (W3MOST) provides current information on bryophyte species from the TROPICOS MOST database compiled by the Index of Mosses project, at the Missouri Botanical Garden. This database extraction, unlike the Index of Mosses, includes taxonomic opinions of numerous authors. All the known species of mosses are included. |
| Organization: | Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, USA |
| Website: |
http://www.mobot.org/mobot/tropicos/most/checklist.shtml |