| 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 online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known 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[edit]
- Australian Plant Name Index
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- eMonocot
- International Plant Names Index
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
References[edit]
- ^ a b "About the Plants of the World Online portal", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-26
- ^ Holz, Hanna; Segar, Josiane; Valdez, Jose; Staude, Ingmar R. (2022). "Assessing extinction risk across the geographic ranges of plant species in Europe". Plant, People, Planet. 4 (3): 303–311. doi:10.1002/ppp3.10251. S2CID 246787127.
- ^ "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
Well, that’s interesting to know that Psilotum nudum are known as whisk ferns. Psilotum nudum is the commoner species of the two. While the P. flaccidum is a rare species and is found in the tropical islands. Both the species are usually epiphytic in habit and grow upon tree ferns. These species may also be terrestrial and grow in humus or in the crevices of the rocks.
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