The Plant List

David Pilling pbs@pilling.demon.co.uk
Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:19:42 PST
Hi,

There is a story in the media today about the completion of the Kew 
Plant List e.g.

http://foxnews.com/scitech/2010/…
reviously-thought/

or

http://dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/…
plant-planet-huge-database-1-25million-names.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

"A rose by any other name smells as sweet according to Shakespeare, but 
having multiple names for the same plant has long caused confusion among 
botanists.

Today, experts from Britain and the U.S have taken a step to resolving 
the issue by publishing the most comprehensive list of land plant 
species ever compiled."


The actual list is at:

http://www.theplantlist.org/

and should be useful...



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