| Full name: |
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WCSP |
| Version: |
Sep 2014 |
| Release date: |
2014-09-05 |
| Authors/editors: |
Govaerts R. (ed). For a full list of reviewers see: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/compilersReviewers.do |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Plantae - Tracheophyta - Ginkgoopsida, Gnetopsida
Plantae - Tracheophyta - Liliopsida - Acorales - Acoraceae
Alismatales - Alismataceae, Aponogetonaceae, Araceae, Butomaceae, Cymodoceaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Tofieldiaceae, Zosteraceae
Arecales - Arecaceae
Asparagales - Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteliaceae, Blandfordiaceae, Boryaceae, Doryanthaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Iridaceae, Ixioliriaceae, Lanariaceae, Orchidaceae, Tecophilaeaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Xeronemataceae
Commelinales - Commelinaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hanguanaceae, Philydraceae, Pontederiaceae
Dasypogonales - Dasypogonaceae
Dioscoreales - Burmanniaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Nartheciaceae
Liliales - Alstroemeriaceae, Campynemataceae, Colchicaceae, Corsiaceae, Liliaceae, Melanthiaceae, Petermanniaceae, Philesiaceae, Ripogonaceae, Smilacaceae
Pandanales - Cyclanthaceae, Pandanaceae, Stemonaceae, Triuridaceae, Velloziaceae
Petrosaviales - Petrosaviaceae
Poales - Anarthriaceae, Bromeliaceae, Centrolepidaceae, Cyperaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Flagellariaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae, Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Thurniaceae, Typhaceae, Xyridaceae
Zingiberales - Cannaceae, Costaceae, Heliconiaceae, Lowiaceae, Marantaceae, Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae
Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Apiales - Araliaceae
Aquifoliales - Cardiopteridaceae
Asterales - Campanulaceae
Austrobaileyales - Schisandraceae
Capparales - Opiliaceae
Caryophyllales - Cornaceae
Cucurbitales - Begoniaceae
Dioscoreales - Taccaceae
Ericales - Clethraceae, Ebenaceae, Sapotaceae
Fagales - Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Nothofagaceae, Ticodendraceae
Garryales - Garryaceae
Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Huerteales - Sarcolaenaceae
Icacinales - Schlegeliaceae
Lamiales - Lamiaceae, Oleaceae, Verbenaceae
Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Malpighiales - Caryocaraceae, Centroplacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Pandaceae, Peraceae, Phyllanthaceae, Picrodendraceae, Putranjivaceae
Malvales - Sphaerosepalaceae
Paracryphiales - Paracryphiaceae |
| English name of the group: |
114 families of seed plants |
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Number of species |
115,289 |
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Number of infraspecific taxa |
12,766 |
| Number of synonyms: |
267,971 |
| Number of common names: |
0 |
| Total number of names: |
383,260 |
| Abstract: |
These global plant family checklists are facilitated by 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. All data have been peer reviewed by nomenclatural, taxonomic and regional experts from accross the world. Poaceae data is derived from Grassbase - the online world grassflora, W.D. Clayton, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson (www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html). |
| Organization: |
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK |
| Website: |
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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