Euro+Med
The information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity
Euro+MedThe information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity |
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The Euro+Med Project aims to provide an on-line database and information system for the vascular plants of Europe and the Mediterranean region, against an up-to-date and critically evaluated consensus taxonomic core of the species concerned.
A great amount of information has been amassed on the plant diversity of the Euro-Mediterranean region, but hitherto no consistent attempt has been made to bring this together and relate it to an agreed taxonomic framework. The agreed taxonomic framework provided by the Euro+Med taxonomic core will be used for this purpose. The taxonomic core will be linked to a set of 'beads' and satellite databases.
The ESFEDS (European Science Foundation European Documentation System) database is being used to provide the initial starting point for the taxonomic core of Euro+Med PlantBase. This database, developed at the University of Reading, currently comprises names and associated data from Flora Europaea. Work to expand this with additional names and information from the MedChecklist database, the Flora of Macaronesia dataset and published Floras from the Euro-Mediterranean region will start soon.
