@misc{01K0V9GAHA2EB4N9ZFGC0A4PYS,
  abstract     = {{The consensus taxonomy of plants used as the backbone for the World Flora Online (WFO) portal, and issued as editions of the WFO Plant List.

New versions of this checklist are released every six months in June and December: this is release 2025-06.

The history of data development for the WFO taxonomic backbone is given on the WFO Plant List background page. Taxonomic names are incorporated into WFO from nomenclators International Plant Name Index (IPNI) for vascular plants, and Tropicos for bryophytes. Taxonomic and nomenclatural updates are incorporated from the WFO's Taxonomic Expert Networks (TENs) and the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

This data repository includes the following files:



wfo_plantlist_2025-06.zip The Catalogue of Life Data Package of the WFO Plant List. This is the most expressive standards based form of the list.

plant_list_2025-06.json.gz JSON formatted version of the WFO Plant List. This has been designed for direct import into a schemaless instance of a SOLR index and is used to drive the WFO Plant List API (https://list.worldfloraonline.org) which in turn drives the WFO Plant List in the portal. This is recommended if you want a local, read only version of the list rather than use the API.

plant_list_2025-06.sql.gz This is the complete production database (minus API keys) as a MySQL backup file. It can be restored directly to a MySQL 8.0 or later instance if you require the list in SQL format.

ipni_to_wfo.csv.gz A file mapping all the IPNI IDs we track to their associated WFO IDs.

families_dwc.tar.gz Individual Darwin Core Archive files for each of 733 recognized families. If you want a single family in DwC but can't load the whole list download and expand this file. Family and genus files are also available for download through the portal. These files exclude deprecated names.

_DwC_backbone_R.zip A single Darwin Core Archive file containing non deprecated names and taxa for use in the existing R package.

_uber.zip A single Darwin Core Archive file containing all names and taxa even those that are deprecated along with some extra columns

RDF: WFO publishes its taxonomic backbone data in RDF format, consistent with linked open data standards. JSON/XML: Data accessed via the WFO API can be returned in JSON or XML, which are common formats for structured data interchange.}},
  author       = {{Elliott, Alan and Hyam, Roger and Watson, Mark and Wrankmore, Emma and Hartley, Helen and Krieger, Jonathan and Gandhi, Kanchi and Acuña, Rafael and Almeida, Rafael Felipe De and Amorim, Gabriela and Anderson, Gregory and Andrella, Giovani Carlos and Anguiano, Marco and Antonio-domingues, Higor and Ardi, Wisnu Handoyo and Atkins, Hannah and Atwood, John J. and Aubriot, Xavier and Baker, William and Balan, Anoop Puthuparampil and Barberá, Patricia and Barrett, Russell and Bartolucci, Fabrizio and Bedoya, Ana M. and Berendsohn, Walter G. and Bernal, Richard Junior Balvin and Bonifacino, Mauricio and Borges, Leonardo and Brinda, John C. and Brown, Gillian and Bruneau, Anne and Bunchalee, Pasakorn and Buril, Maria Teresa and Cabral, Fernanda Nunes and Calonje, Michael and Camfield, R. and Capelo, Fiorella Fernanda Mazine and Cardoso, Domingos and Carvalho, Catarina Silva De and Chatrou, Lars and Chen, Junhao and Chiarini, Franco and Choo, Le Min and Corro, José Ignacio Márquez and Costa, David Schellenberger and Couvreur, Thomas and Cronk, Quentin and Crowley, Dan and Culham, Alastair and Darbyshire, Iain and Declercq, Marie G. and Denardi, Vinicius Luvizotto and Dillenberger, Markus and Docot, Rudolph Valentino and Duan, Lei and Dupin, Julia and Durán, Juan David Tovar and Egan, Ashley N and Elvebakk, Arve and Erkens, R.h.j. and Escallón, Eugenio Valderrama and Eserman, Lauren and Espejo-serna, Adolfo and Estrella, Manuel de la and Falcão, Marcus and Ferreira, Priscila Porto Alegre and Franck, Alan and Fritsch, Peter and Gaem, Paulo Henrique and Gagnon, Edeline and Galasso, Gabriele and Galdo, Gianpietro Giusso Del and German, Dmitry and Giacomin, Leandro and Girmansyah, Deden and Gissi, Danilo Soares and Gladitsch, Haley and Gonzáles, Paúl and Gouvêa, Yuri and Govaerts, Rafaël Herman Anna and Gregório, Bernarda and Guerrero, Pablo C. and Haegi, Laurence and Haevermans, Thomas and Hanes, Margaret and Harris, David J. and Hilario, Robin Fernandez and Hopkins, Helen Fortune and Hopper, Stephen and Hoyos, David and Hu, Ling and Huerta-ramos, Guillermo and Hughes, Mark and Iganci, João and Rando,, J.g. and Jara-muñoz, Orlando Adolfo and Javadi, Firouzeh and Jennert, Pauline Rosina and Jiang, Kai-Wen and Jiménez-mejías, Pedro and Johnson, David and Jordão, Lucas Sá Barreto and Keller, Héctor and Kiefer, Markus and Kilian, Norbert and Klitgaard, Bente and Klopper, R.r. and Knapp, Sandra and Koch, Marcus and Korotkova, Nadja and Koutroumpa, Konstantina and Köhler, Matias and Larridon, Isabel and Lavandero, Nicolás and Lavin, Matt and Leong-skornickova, Jana and Lepschi, Brendan and Lewis, Gwilym and Liede-schumann, Sigrid and Lima, Alexandre Gibau De and Lima, Duane Fernandes and Lopes, Jenifer C. and Low, Yee Wen and Lucas, Eve and Luján, Manuel and M.a., Herrera-Pacheco and Maas, Paul and Mahon, Katie and Majure, Lucas C. and Malekmohammadi, Maryam and Mambrasar, Yasper and Marasinghe, Lakmini and Marinho, Lucas Cardoso and Martine, Chris and Maslin, Bruce and Maurin, Olivier and Melchor-castro, R. Briggitthe and Mering, Sabine Von and Metzing, Detlev and Meve, Ulrich and Miller, Joseph T. and Miller, Richard E and Moeller, Michael and Monro, Alexandre K. and Monteiro, Thiago Cobra E and Moonlight, Peter and Morais, Isa and Morales, J Francisco and Moreira, André Luiz Da Costa and Moreira-munoz, Andres and Muellner-riehl, Alexandra and Murphy, Daniel and Mustaqim, Wendy A. and Muñoz-rodríguez, Pablo and Müller, Andreas and Nelson, Charles and Nersesyan, Anush and Newman, Mark and Nitta, Joel and Oliveira, Marla Ibrahim Uehbe De and Orejuela, Andres and Ortiz-rodriguez, Andres Ernesto and Osborne, Roy and Pandey, Arun and Pellegrini, Marco O. O. and Pendry, Colin Alistair and Pennington, Toby and Petrongari, F.s. and Pezzini, Flavia Fonseca and Pillon, Yohan and Pinto, Rafael and Pirie, Michael D. and Poczai, Peter and Poulsen, Axel Dalberg and Puglisi, Carmen and Péchon, Timothée Le and Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci De and Quintanar, Alejandro and Rabeler, Richard K. and Rainer, Heimo and Rakotonirina, Nivohenintsoa and Ramos, Gustavo and Rankin, David and Rapini, Alessandro and Rattanakrajang, Pantamith and Ravomanana, Erica Onjaniaina and Raz, Lauren and Rodda, Michele and Rodrigues, Rodrigo Schütz and Rojas-andrés, Blanca María and Rothfels, Carl and Roux, Margaretha Marianne Le and Sampaio, Valéria Da Silva and Santilli, Ludovica and Santos, Matheus Fortes and Schlumpberger, Boris and Schneider, Harald and Schneider, Julio V. and Schuettpelz, Eric and Seah, Wei Wei and Shimizu, Gustavo and Silva, Rafael Costa and Simon, Marcelo and Simão-bianchini, Rosângela and Giraldes Simoes, Ana Rita and Skema, C. and Smith, Stacey and Sokoloff, Dmitry and Sotuyo, Solange and Stevenson, Dennis and Stirton, Charles and Straub, Shannon and Strijk, Joeri Sergej and Sweeney, Patrick W. and Sánchez, Daniel and Särkinen, Tiina and Tamayo, Maverick and Tebbitt, Mark and Tepe, Eric and Thomas, Daniel Caspar and Thornhill, Andrew H and Thulin, Mats and Trad, Rafaela and Trias-blasi, Anna and Valdemarin, Karinne Sampaio and Vasconcelos, Thais and Vorontsova, Maria (Bat) S. and Wang, Hua-Feng and Webb, Campbell and Wedel, Lina Valeska Von and Wilding, Nicholas and Wilson, Hannah and Winslow, Sundre and Zamora-tavares, Pilar and Zhang, Cai-Fei and Zhang, Rong and Zizka, Georg}},
  keywords     = {{Taxonomy,Taxonomic Backbone,Plants,Angiosperms,Gymnosperms,Bryophytes,Pteridophytes,global checklist,flora,Convention on Biological Diversity,CBD}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Zenodo}},
  title        = {{World Flora Online Plant List June 2025}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7460141}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}

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