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

Nigel C. A. Pitman; Tomomi Suwa; Carmen Ulloa Ulloa; James Miller; James Solomon; Juliana Philipp; Corine Vriesendorp; Abigail Derby Lewis; Sinem Perk; Pierre Bonnet; Alexis Joly; Mathias Tobler; Jason H. Best; John P. Janovec; Kevin C. Nixon; Barbara M. Thiers; Melissa Tulig; Edward E. Gilbert; Rafaela Campostrini Forzza; Geraldo Zimbrão; Fabiana Luiza Ranzato Filardi; Robert Turner; Fernando Zuloaga; Manuel Belgrano; Christian Zanotti; Jurriaan M. de Vos; Eduardo Hettwer Giehl; Timothy C. E. Paine; Rubens Texeira de Queiroz; Katya Romoleroux; Everton Hilo de Souza

doi:10.1038/s41477-021-00974-2

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

Nigel C. A. Pitman, Tomomi Suwa, Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, James Miller, James Solomon, Juliana Philipp, Corine Vriesendorp, Abigail Derby Lewis, Sinem Perk, Pierre Bonnet, …

Nature Plants, Vol.7, pp.1010-1014

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00974-2

Abstract

Biodiversity

Databases

Natural variation in plants

Research management

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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Title: Identifying gaps in the photographic record of the vascular plant flora of the Americas
Creators - without role: Nigel C. A. Pitman - Field Museum of Natural History
Tomomi Suwa - Field Museum of Natural History
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa - Missouri Botanical Garden
James Miller - Missouri Botanical Garden
James Solomon - Missouri Botanical Garden
Juliana Philipp - Field Museum of Natural History
Corine Vriesendorp - Field Museum of Natural History
Abigail Derby Lewis - Field Museum of Natural History
Sinem Perk - Field Museum of Natural History
Pierre Bonnet - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Alexis Joly - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Mtp - LIRMM
Mathias Tobler - San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
Jason H. Best - Botanical Research Institute of Texas
John P. Janovec - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Kevin C. Nixon - Cornell University
Barbara M. Thiers - New York Botanical Garden
Melissa Tulig - The Bronx Defenders
Edward E. Gilbert - Arizona State University
Rafaela Campostrini Forzza - Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Geraldo Zimbrão - Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Fabiana Luiza Ranzato Filardi - Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Robert Turner - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Fernando Zuloaga - Instituto de Botanica Darwinion
Manuel Belgrano - Instituto de Botanica Darwinion
Christian Zanotti - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Jurriaan M. de Vos - University of Basel
Eduardo Hettwer Giehl - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Timothy C. E. Paine - University of New England
Rubens Texeira de Queiroz - Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Katya Romoleroux - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Everton Hilo de Souza - Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
Publication Details: Nature Plants, Vol.7, pp.1010-1014
Identifiers: 9940249709311
Academic Unit: Laboratoire d'Informatique de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Mtp - LIRMM; BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-03312029