Alan Elliott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Biodiversity Conservation Network Manager.

World Flora Online & Global Conservation Consortium Rhododendron.

Frae Angus.

All things #Himalayan.

[Alan Elliott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @alan_elliott]

.@TheWorldFlora : Placing taxonomists at the heart of a definitive and comprehensive global resource on the world's plants. Open access article in Taxon. https://t.co/oDNueQzIHj

[World Flora Online @TheWorldFlora]

Happy Valentine's Day from WFO!

Instead of flowers, we're hoping for rose and violet experts to help us build more Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs.

Know a Rosaceae and Violaceae expert? Reach out to us at [email protected].

[World Flora Online @TheWorldFlora]

Dec. 21 marked the solstice, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! A new version of the Plant List is released every six months in conjunction with the solstices. Swipe through to see what’s new since June.

[World Flora Online @TheWorldFlora]

We are so proud to share that the latest Global Strategy for Plant Conservation specifically recognizes the World Flora Online as an essential part of plant conservation. Watch to learn more about the history of GSPC and WFO.

[Ling Hu @LingHU95]

Our latest paper published with @OryxTheJournal, analysing Rhododendron global collections data for conservation decision making
#SppChecklist(in sup)#ConservationGap #WildCollection #GISmapping #IUCN #BGCI #COP16
https://t.co/rXqTfZhlzb

[Cirad @Cirad]

🌺#CIRAD has joined @TheWorldFlora, to represent @PlantNetProject.

🤝This new collaboration marks CIRAD's commitment to global efforts to document plant #biodiversity, given that 10% of plants worldwide are still little-known.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/W58dk5D4Yg

[Rafael Felipe de Almeida @The_Al_meida]

Do you work with #Malpighiaceae #taxonomy? Join us on our new Malpighiaceae Taxonomic Expert Network at @TheWorldFlora website! @KewScience: https://t.co/zncHk0rT5w

[Wendy A. Mustaqim @botanywam]

Heather plants of Mt Kemiri: An exploration of blueberry relatives to the third highest summit in Sumatra!

Project page: https://t.co/KpcoksHFh5

This expedition is supported by the Scientific Exploration Society @SES_explore #explore #reseach #conserve

Stay tune!

[World Flora Online @TheWorldFlora]

Happy Halloween from WFO, where we’re looking for Great Pumpkin experts to form a Cucurbitaceae TEN, or Taxonomic Expert Network.

Know a Cucurbitaceae expert? Reach out to us at [email protected]. And visit https://t.co/GBxOQrO6rL to see our full TENs wish list!

[PhytoKeys @PhytoKeys]

📢DEADLINE EXTENDED for our topical collection: "#Systematics, #NaturalHistory and #conservation of Erica (#Ericaceae)"!

👍Studies on the #nomenclature, #taxonomy, #phylogeny, #ecology & conservation of the genus #Erica welcome until 15 December⌛️

🔓See: https://t.co/krBl46RWlu

[World Flora Online @TheWorldFlora]

We approved 6 new Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs, at our 23rd Council Meeting.

TENS are an essential part of WFO and improve the WFO taxonomic backbone. We now have 54 TENs, but more are needed!

Interested in learning more or proposing a TEN? Visit https://t.co/J0T3ZoFf1L.

[@RBGE_Science @RBGE_Science]

The tantalising tale of Mercedes Chanek – a hidden Indigenous plant collector from #Belize. #BotanicsStory by @Drypetes and @SvMering: https://t.co/yeQNFaq4Y2

[Axel Dalberg Poulsen @AxelGinger]

#GingerPlantOfTheWeek is the genus #Srilankanthus endemic in #SriLanka recently described in our TAXON paper (https://t.co/u6lzPPJvQi). The type was first described in 1861 as Elettaria nemorale. Only after Lakmini D. K. Marasinghe recollected it in 2013 did we get this insight.

[Axel Dalberg Poulsen @AxelGinger]

Green cardamom, #Elettaria #cardamomum, #Zingiberaceae, is an economically important #spice plant. Our research (https://t.co/RG22lnQxa0) demonstrates that this has close wild relatives in #India and #SriLanka. These may have an important role for spice production in the future.

[Ling Hu @LingHU95]

New paper published from my PhD work:
Understanding Rhododendron intraspecific compatibility in botanic garden collections for species conservation
https://t.co/GjvLPZG22z

[World Flora Online @TheWorldFlora]

We have a fresh update for our Plant List!

The WFO Plant List is the consensus list of names used as the taxonomic backbone of the WFO portal. A new version is released every six months.

Check out the latest update at https://t.co/LftbhCx2pH

[PhytoKeys @PhytoKeys]

Curating the most comprehensive online checklist for the Erica genus, researchers update global taxonomic data, aiding #conservation efforts by incorporating diverse sources into @TheWorldFlora.

🔗 https://t.co/bbqjCJupDe

#Ericaceae

[Alan Elliott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @alan_elliott]

Elliott AC, Bester SP, Klopper RR, Nelson EC, Pirie MD (2024) Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online. PhytoKeys 243: 121-135. https://t.co/V8gs2THXxc

[Alan Elliott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @alan_elliott]

Its that time of year again. The June 2024 @TheWorldFlora Plant List and data release happened yesterday.

Find our about the update here.
https://t.co/zukZuaymIx

[Alan Elliott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @alan_elliott]

Malekmohammadi M, Koutroumpa K, Crespo MB, Domina G, Korotkova N, Akhani H, von Mering S, Borsch T, Berendsohn WG (2024) A taxonomic backbone for the Plumbaginaceae (Caryophyllales). PhytoKeys 243: 67-103. https://t.co/N1jPdUBq16