- FloraBase
"FloraBase" is a public access web-based database of the
flora of Western Australia . It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details. 1,272 alien taxa (naturalised weeds) are also recorded. [cite web | url = http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3711957a9adcd395d9af5eb2482571f700340ddd/$file/conservation+and+land+management+ar+2005-06.pdf | title = 2005-06 Annual Report | pages = (p.61) | publisher = Department of Environment and Conservation | accessdate = 2007-02-05]The system takes data from a number of datasets including the
Census of Western Australian Plants and theWestern Australian Herbarium specimen database of nearly 650,000 vouchered plant collections. [cite web | url = http://www.naturebase.net/content/view/2452/1322/ | title = FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora | publisher = Department of Environment and Conservation | accessdate = 2007-02-05] It is operated by the Western Australian Herbarium within the Department of Environment and Conservation. It was established in November 1998 byAlex Chapman , a research scientist and botanist working in the Herbarium.ee also
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Declared Rare and Priority Flora List References
External links
*cite web | url = http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/ | title = FloraBase
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