Fwd: Completion of 'The Plant List'

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From: Bob Allkin <b.al...@kew.org>
Date: 29 December 2010 20:25
Subject: Completion of 'The Plant List'

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.al...@kew.org<mailto:r.al...@kew.org>
Tel:    +44 208 332 5717
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[Mayur Nandikar]

Thank you for informing us. Its really great.

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Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.

[Rashida Atthar]

Wonderful information Garg ji. Thanks for the same. One observation - a lot more relatively  (percentage wise) Ids are unresolved than on our site!! Perhaps the advantage we have is the multidisciplinary team, Kew does not have the same. !! 

 

regards,

Rashida.

[Balkar Arya]

Yes Rashida Ji

We are unity in diversity

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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