The photographic record is increasingly becoming an important biodiversity resource for
primary research and conservation monitoring. However, globally, there are important gaps …

Digital accessible biodiversity knowledge has the potential to greatly advance botanical
research and guide conservation efforts. Evaluating its shortfalls is key to understanding its …

Although specimens in natural history collections have traditionally been limited to physical
objects, sets of images can serve many of the purposes of specimens if the images are …

Although often not collected specifically for the purposes of conservation, herbarium
specimens offer sufficient information to reconstruct parameters that are needed to …

Advances in online resources and electronic publication provide the sciences with tools to
revolutionize education and research (eg, cataloging, data archiving and access, and …

Species discovery is a fundamental first step for all of biodiversity science. Recent research
has claimed that the increasing number of authors associated with the description of new …

Summary The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) is an extremely valuable resource
that is being used to address many fundamental and applied questions in plant science …

Photographic documentation is crucial for palaeobotanical studies when dealing with fossil
material of any sort. However, many palaeobotanical objects are notoriously difficult to …

vegetative key to the British flora : a new approach to naming British vascular plants based on
vegetative characters | Wageningen University and Research Library catalog wur logo …

Taxonomic checklists used to verify published plant names and identify synonyms are a
cornerstone of biological research. Four global authoritative checklists for vascular plants …