[Taxacom] Completion of 'The Plant List'

[Bob Allkin]

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden, announce the completion of The Plant List

As the 2010 United Nations International Year of Biodiversity comes to a close, the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) announce the completion of The Plant List. This landmark international resource is a working list of all land plant species1, fundamental to understanding and documenting plant diversity and effective conservation of plants.

Completion of The Plant List accomplishes Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for a widely accessible working list of known plant species as a step towards a complete world flora. The Plant List can be accessed by visiting:   www.theplantlist.org<http://www.theplantlist.org>.


Full press release please see:
http://www.kew.org/news/plant-list-complete.htm


Dr. Bob Allkin
Information Projects Manager
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Email:  r.allkin at kew.org<mailto:r.allkin at kew.org>
Tel:    +44 208 332 5717