Identifying gaps in the photographic record of the vascular plant flora of the Americas

Title
Identifying gaps in the photographic record of the vascular plant flora of the Americas
Publication Date
2021-08
Author(s)
Pitman, Nigel C A
Suwa, Tomomi
Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen
Miller, James
Solomon, James
Philipp, Juliana
Vriesendorp, Corine F
Derby Lewis, Abigail
Perk, Sinem
Bonnet, Pierre
Joly, Alexis
Tobler, Mathias W
Best, Jason H
Janovec, John P
Nixon, Kevin C
Thiers, Barbara M
Tulig, Melissa
Gilbert, Edward E
Campostrini Forzza, Rafaela
Zimbrao, Geraldo
Ranzato Filardi, Fabiana Luiza
Turner, Robert
Zuloaga, Fernando O
Belgrano, Manuel J
Zanotti, Christian A
de Vos, Jurriaan M
Hettwer Giehl, Eduardo L
Paine, C E Timothy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8705-3719
Email: cpaine2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cpaine2
de Queiroz, Rubens Texeira
Romoleroux, Katya
de Souza, Everton Hilo
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1038/s41477-021-00974-2
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/51753
Abstract

Field photographs of plant species are crucial for research and conservation, but the lack of a centralized database makes them difficult to locate. We surveyed 25 online databases of field photographs and found that they harboured only about 53% of the approximately 125,000 vascular plant species of the Americas. These results reflect the urgent need for a centralized database that can both integrate and complete the photographic record of the world's flora.
Link
link
Citation
Nature Plants, 7(8), p. 1010-1014
ISSN
2055-0278
2055-026X
Pubmed ID
34326529
Start page
1010
End page
1014

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