Plants of the World Online
| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| Owner | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| URL | Plants of the World Online |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | March 2017 |
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an
seed-bearing plants by 2020". The initial focus was on tropical African Floras, particularly Flora Zambesiaca, Flora of West Tropical Africa and Flora of Tropical East Africa.[1]
The database uses the same taxonomical source as Kew's World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, which is the International Plant Names Index,[1] and the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP).[2] POWO contains 1,423,000 global plant names, 200,300 detailed descriptions, and 374,900 images.[3]
See also
- Australian Plant Name Index
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- eMonocot
- International Plant Names Index
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
References
Wikidata has the property:
- ^ a b "About the Plants of the World Online portal", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-26
- S2CID 246787127.
- ^ "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
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