Euro + Med: European Initiative for the Euro + Med Plant Base

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0469

Key words (English)

Biodiversity; conservation; Europe; red list; Atlas florae europaeae; caryological data from European plants; Energy Saving; Scientific Research

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: EVR1-2000-40004

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.4a.2 Global change, climate and biodiversity

Short description (English)

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Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: University of Reading (UK)

Abstract (English)

The project will develop a state-of-the-art information system for European and Mediterranean plants. A major output will be a catalogue of European plants with synonyms, based on consensus taxonomy, for a wide range of EU users with an unambiguous source of information for its biodiversity commitments. The project builds on the experience of the successful flora European approach: Consensus taxonomy by involvement of a network of specialists throughout the area. It will start from the electronic data set of the ESF European Documentation System, upgrade and apply new software for comparing data sets, revise and extend coverage to all recognised taxa in the area, develop additional verified data for conservationists, ecologists and others on distribution, mapping, conservation status, genetic resources and karyology, together with links to other databases.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0469