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

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.

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Main Authors:	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, Zimbrão, 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, Texeira de Queiroz, Rubens, Romoleroux, Katya, Hilo de Souza, Everton
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	F70 - Taxonomie végétale et phytogéographie, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques, flore, photographies, botanique, banque de données, collection botanique, biodiversité, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2983, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_edddeb10, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1023, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24833, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5957, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33949, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_335,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/598903/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/598903/7/598903.pdf
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