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A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

The dataset contains a current inventory of vascular plant species and their attributes present in the flora of Britain and Ireland. The species list is based on the most recent key to the flora of Britain and Ireland, with taxon names linked to unique Kew taxon identifiers and the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, and includes both native and non-native species. Attribute data stem from a variety of sources to give an overview of the current state of the vascular flora. Attributes include functional traits, distribution and ecologically relevant data (e.g. genome size, chromosome numbers, spatial distribution, growth form, hybridization metrics and native/non-native status). The data include previously unpublished genome size measurements, chromosome counts and CSR life strategy assessments. The database aims to provide an up-to-date starting point for flora-wide analyses. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.807°
Extent (Longitude)
-11.46° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2021-09-20
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Henniges, M.C., Powell, R.F., Mian, S., Stace, C.A., Walker, K.J., Gornall, R.J., Christenhusz, M.J.M., Brown, M.R., Twyford, A.D., Hollingsworth, P.M., Jones, L., De Vere, N., Antonelli, A., Leitch, A.R., Leitch, I.J. (2021). A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d
Responsible party
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Queen Mary University of London (author); (author, publisher, owner, custodian); Unaffiliated (author); Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (author); University of Leicester (author); University of Edinburgh (author); Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen University (author); Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng