Changelog

Catalogue of Life Version History

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Changes in COL releases

This section provides a chronological record of significant updates to the Catalogue of Life data sources, including additions of new sources and removals of existing ones in both the Base and Extended Releases.

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COL26.5 XR

May 15, 2026 build from 230 sources and 10 publisher.
21.834 families (-2), 302.368 genera (+346) and 2.484.225 accepted species (-1.522).

Previous version: COL26.4 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL26.5

May 11, 2026 build from 165 sources.
14.962 families (+6), 217.953 genera (+151) and 2.247.590 accepted species (+1.765).

Previous version: COL26.4

No sources changed.

COL26.4 XR

April 18, 2026 build from 231 sources and 10 publisher.
21.836 families (-6), 302.022 genera (+245) and 2.485.747 accepted species (+603).

Previous version: COL26.3 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL26.4

April 15, 2026 build from 165 sources.
14.956 families (+19), 217.802 genera (+180) and 2.245.825 accepted species (+1.600).

Previous version: COL26.3

No sources changed.

COL26.3 XR

April 7, 2026 build from 230 sources and 10 publisher.
21.842 families (-10), 301.777 genera (-58.234) and 2.485.144 accepted species (-26.787).

Previous version: COL26.2 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL26.3

March 12, 2026 build from 165 sources.
14.937 families (-12), 217.622 genera (+271) and 2.244.225 accepted species (+2.154).

Previous version: COL26.2

No sources changed.

COL26.2 XR

February 13, 2026 build from 231 sources and 10 publisher.
21.852 families (-9), 360.011 genera (+156) and 2.511.931 accepted species (+3.677).

Previous version: COL26.1 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL26.2

February 11, 2026 build from 165 sources.
14.949 families (-145), 217.351 genera (-455) and 2.242.071 accepted species (+234).

Previous version: COL26.1

No sources changed.

COL26.1 XR

January 16, 2026 build from 229 sources and 10 publisher.
21.861 families (-14), 359.855 genera (+287) and 2.508.254 accepted species (+4.275).

Previous version: COL25.12 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL26.1

January 13, 2026 build from 165 sources.
15.094 families (-4), 217.806 genera (+299) and 2.241.837 accepted species (+2.539).

Previous version: COL25.12

No sources changed.

COL25.12 XR

December 20, 2025 build from 227 sources and 10 publisher.
21.875 families (-16), 359.568 genera (-417) and 2.503.979 accepted species (+1.099).

Previous version: COL25.11 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL25.12

December 12, 2025 build from 165 sources.
15.098 families (-25), 217.507 genera (+72) and 2.239.298 accepted species (+1.052).

Previous version: COL25.11

No sources changed.

COL25.11 XR

November 16, 2025 build from 228 sources and 10 publisher.
21.891 families (+92), 359.985 genera (-1.154) and 2.502.880 accepted species (-37.018).

Previous version: COL25.10 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL25.11

November 12, 2025 build from 165 sources.
15.123 families (+31), 217.435 genera (+59) and 2.238.246 accepted species (+2.116).

Previous version: COL25.10

No sources changed.

COL25.10 XR

October 10, 2025 build from 229 sources and 10 publisher.
21.799 families (+59), 361.139 genera (+5.750) and 2.539.898 accepted species (+23.321).

Previous version: COL25.9 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL25.10

October 9, 2025 build from 165 sources.
15.092 families (+104), 217.376 genera (-1.446) and 2.236.130 accepted species (+3.873).

Previous version: COL25.9

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COL25.9 XR

September 19, 2025 build from 232 sources and 10 publisher.
21.740 families (+39), 355.389 genera (-1.375) and 2.516.577 accepted species (+4.546).

Previous version: COL25.7 XR

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No publisher changed.

COL25.9

September 11, 2025 build from 168 sources.
14.988 families (+34), 218.822 genera (+347) and 2.232.257 accepted species (+2.203).

Previous version: COL25.8

No sources changed.

COL25.8

August 20, 2025 build from 168 sources.
14.954 families (+15), 218.475 genera (+144) and 2.230.054 accepted species (+1.081).

Previous version: COL25.7

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COL25.7 XR

July 22, 2025 build from 235 sources and 10 publisher.
21.701 families (-1.370), 356.764 genera (+268) and 2.512.031 accepted species (-132.882).

Previous version: COL25.5 XR

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COL25.7

July 10, 2025 build from 169 sources.
14.939 families (+25), 218.331 genera (+400) and 2.228.973 accepted species (+7.736).

Previous version: COL25

No sources changed.

COL25

June 13, 2025 build from 169 sources.
14.914 families (+772), 217.931 genera (+6.983) and 2.221.237 accepted species (+48.766).

Previous version: COL24

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COL25.5 XR

May 17, 2025 build from 303 sources and 8 publisher.
23.071 families (+63), 356.496 genera (+1.685) and 2.644.913 accepted species (+10.106).

Previous version: COL25.3 XR

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COL25.5

May 13, 2025 build from 169 sources.
14.869 families (+128), 217.756 genera (+605) and 2.224.064 accepted species (+4.590).

Previous version: COL25.4

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COL25.4

April 10, 2025 build from 168 sources.
14.741 families (+131), 217.151 genera (+1.395) and 2.219.474 accepted species (+9.874).

Previous version: COL25.3

No sources changed.

COL25.3 XR

March 17, 2025 build from 238 sources and 5 publisher.
23.008 families , 354.811 genera and 2.634.807 accepted species .

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COL25.3

March 14, 2025 build from 168 sources.
14.610 families (+16), 215.756 genera (+337) and 2.209.600 accepted species (+2.758).

Previous version: COL25.2

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COL25.2

February 13, 2025 build from 167 sources.
14.594 families (+271), 215.419 genera (+1.629) and 2.206.842 accepted species (+8.257).

Previous version: COL25.1

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COL25.1

January 17, 2025 build from 165 sources.
14.323 families (+14), 213.790 genera (+388) and 2.198.585 accepted species (+3.652).

Previous version: COL24.12

No sources changed.

COL24.12

December 19, 2024 build from 165 sources.
14.309 families (+63), 213.402 genera (+668) and 2.194.933 accepted species (+6.147).

Previous version: COL24.11

No sources changed.

COL24.11

November 18, 2024 build from 165 sources.
14.246 families (+22), 212.734 genera (+407) and 2.188.786 accepted species (+6.890).

Previous version: COL24.10

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COL24.10

October 22, 2024 build from 165 sources.
14.224 families (+23), 212.327 genera (+197) and 2.181.896 accepted species (+466).

Previous version: COL24.9

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COL24.9

September 25, 2024 build from 164 sources.
14.201 families (+1), 212.130 genera (+259) and 2.181.430 accepted species (+2.006).

Previous version: COL24.8

No sources changed.

COL24.8

August 29, 2024 build from 164 sources.
14.200 families (+24), 211.871 genera (+314) and 2.179.424 accepted species (+1.689).

Previous version: COL24.7

No sources changed.

COL24.7

July 18, 2024 build from 164 sources.
14.176 families (+34), 211.557 genera (+609) and 2.177.735 accepted species (+5.264).

Previous version: COL24

No sources changed.

COL24

June 27, 2024 build from 164 sources.
14.142 families (+632), 210.948 genera (+4.427) and 2.172.471 accepted species (+63.257).

Previous version: COL23

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COL24.5

May 20, 2024 build from 164 sources.
14.724 families (+644), 214.542 genera (+4.474) and 2.169.212 accepted species (+11.077).

Previous version: COL24.4

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COL24.4

April 26, 2024 build from 163 sources.
14.080 families (+20), 210.068 genera (+436) and 2.158.135 accepted species (+4.288).

Previous version: COL24.3

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COL24.3

March 26, 2024 build from 164 sources.
14.060 families (+22), 209.632 genera (-3.212) and 2.153.847 accepted species (+7.444).

Previous version: COL24.2

No sources changed.

COL24.2

February 22, 2024 build from 164 sources.
14.038 families (+194), 212.844 genera (+4.174) and 2.146.403 accepted species (+15.229).

Previous version: COL24.1

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COL24.1

January 24, 2024 build from 163 sources.
13.844 families (+128), 208.670 genera (+833) and 2.131.174 accepted species (+5.363).

Previous version: COL23.12

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COL23.12

December 15, 2023 build from 164 sources.
13.716 families (+58), 207.837 genera (+217) and 2.125.811 accepted species (+305).

Previous version: COL23.11

No sources changed.

COL23.11

November 24, 2023 build from 164 sources.
13.658 families (-94), 207.620 genera (-887) and 2.125.506 accepted species (+1.410).

Previous version: COL23.10

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COL23.10

October 16, 2023 build from 163 sources.
13.752 families (+228), 208.507 genera (+1.469) and 2.124.096 accepted species (+4.634).

Previous version: COL23.9

No sources changed.

COL23.9

September 14, 2023 build from 163 sources.
13.524 families (+36), 207.038 genera (+266) and 2.119.462 accepted species (+1.944).

Previous version: COL23.8

No sources changed.

COL23.8

August 17, 2023 build from 163 sources.
13.488 families (-8), 206.772 genera (+343) and 2.117.518 accepted species (+4.590).

Previous version: COL23.7

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COL23.7

July 18, 2023 build from 164 sources.
13.496 families (-14), 206.429 genera (-92) and 2.112.928 accepted species (+3.714).

Previous version: COL23

No sources changed.

COL23

June 27, 2023 build from 164 sources.
13.510 families (+384), 206.521 genera (+2.924) and 2.109.214 accepted species (+43.766).

Previous version: COL22

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COL23.5

May 15, 2023 build from 166 sources.
13.472 families (-55), 206.283 genera (-212) and 2.099.023 accepted species (-10.079).

Previous version: COL23.4

No sources changed.

COL23.4

April 19, 2023 build from 166 sources.
13.527 families (+4), 206.495 genera (+270) and 2.109.102 accepted species (+3.072).

Previous version: COL23.3

No sources changed.

COL23.3

March 9, 2023 build from 166 sources.
13.523 families (+104), 206.225 genera (+381) and 2.106.030 accepted species (+7.973).

Previous version: COL23.2

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COL23.2

February 7, 2023 build from 165 sources.
13.419 families (+215), 205.844 genera (+925) and 2.098.057 accepted species (+10.283).

Previous version: COL23.1

No sources changed.

COL23.1

January 12, 2023 build from 165 sources.
13.204 families (+51), 204.919 genera (+492) and 2.087.774 accepted species (+1.999).

Previous version: COL22.12

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COL22.12

December 19, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.153 families (+77), 204.427 genera (+6.115) and 2.085.775 accepted species (+88.567).

Previous version: COL22.11

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COL22.11

November 14, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.076 families (+5), 198.312 genera (-5.130) and 1.997.208 accepted species (-73.588).

Previous version: COL22.10

No sources changed.

COL22.10

October 20, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.071 families (+19), 203.442 genera (+332) and 2.070.796 accepted species (+2.845).

Previous version: COL22.9

No sources changed.

COL22.9

September 25, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.052 families (-74), 203.110 genera (-487) and 2.067.951 accepted species (+2.503).

Previous version: COL22

No sources changed.

COL22

August 30, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.126 families (+276), 203.597 genera (+6.984) and 2.065.448 accepted species (+56.501).

Previous version: COL21

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COL22.7

July 12, 2022 build from 166 sources.
13.089 families (+23), 203.456 genera (+717) and 2.062.107 accepted species (+7.347).

Previous version: COL22.6

No sources changed.

COL22.6

June 23, 2022 build from 166 sources.
13.066 families (+28), 202.739 genera (+532) and 2.054.760 accepted species (+1.866).

Previous version: COL22.5

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COL22.5

May 20, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.038 families (+17), 202.207 genera (+144) and 2.052.894 accepted species (+4.035).

Previous version: COL22.4

No sources changed.

COL22.4

April 26, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.021 families (+8), 202.063 genera (+2.485) and 2.048.859 accepted species (+9.436).

Previous version: COL22.3

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COL22.3

March 21, 2022 build from 165 sources.
13.013 families (+34), 199.578 genera (+265) and 2.039.423 accepted species (+2.997).

Previous version: COL22.2

No sources changed.

COL22.2

February 18, 2022 build from 165 sources.
12.979 families (+49), 199.313 genera (+920) and 2.036.426 accepted species (+3.348).

Previous version: COL22.1

No sources changed.

COL22.1

January 14, 2022 build from 165 sources.
12.930 families (+5), 198.393 genera (+170) and 2.033.078 accepted species (+3.572).

Previous version: COL21.12

No sources changed.

COL21.12

December 18, 2021 build from 165 sources.
12.925 families (-7), 198.223 genera (+145) and 2.029.506 accepted species (+655).

Previous version: COL21.11

No sources changed.

COL21.11

November 9, 2021 build from 165 sources.
12.932 families (+13), 198.078 genera (+820) and 2.028.851 accepted species (+6.271).

Previous version: COL21.10

No sources changed.

COL21.10

October 18, 2021 build from 165 sources.
12.919 families (+23), 197.258 genera (+345) and 2.022.580 accepted species (+4.407).

Previous version: COL21.9

No sources changed.

COL21.9

September 21, 2021 build from 165 sources.
12.896 families (+25), 196.913 genera (+167) and 2.018.173 accepted species (+1.497).

Previous version: COL21.8

No sources changed.

COL21.8

August 25, 2021 build from 165 sources.
12.871 families (+21), 196.746 genera (+133) and 2.016.676 accepted species (+7.729).

Previous version: COL21

No sources changed.

COL21

July 29, 2021 build from 165 sources.
12.850 families , 196.613 genera and 2.008.947 accepted species .

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COL21.6

June 10, 2021 build from 165 sources.
13.083 families (+178), 198.857 genera (+3.524) and 2.026.387 accepted species (+29.103).

Previous version: COL21.5

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COL21.5

May 7, 2021 build from 164 sources.
12.905 families (+383), 195.333 genera (+5.343) and 1.997.284 accepted species (+33.868).

Previous version: COL21.4

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COL21.4

April 5, 2021 build from 160 sources.
12.522 families (+1.295), 189.990 genera (+10.560) and 1.963.416 accepted species (+66.784).

Previous version: COL20.12

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COL20.12

December 1, 2020 build from 163 sources.
11.227 families , 179.430 genera and 1.896.632 accepted species .

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