Identifying gaps in the photographic record of the vascular plant flora of the Americas

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Pitman, Nigel, C. A. | Suwa, Tomomi | Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen | Miller, James | Solomon, James | Philipp, Juliana | Vriesendorp, Corine | Derby Lewis, Abigail | Perk, Sinem | Bonnet, Pierre | Joly, Alexis | Tobler, Mathias | Best, Jason, H. | Janovec, John, P. | Nixon, Kevin, C. | Thiers, Barbara, M. | Tulig, Melissa | Gilbert, Edward, E. | Campostrini Forzza, Rafaela | Zimbrão, Geraldo | Ranzato Filardi, Fabiana Luiza | Turner, Robert | Zuloaga, Fernando | Belgrano, Manuel | Zanotti, Christian | de Vos, Jurriaan, M. | Hettwer Giehl, Eduardo | Paine, Timothy, C. E. | Texeira de Queiroz, Rubens | Romoleroux, Katya | Hilo de Souza, Everton

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International audience. Field photographs of plant species are crucial for research and conservation, but the lack of a centralized database makes them difficult to locate. We surveyed 25 online databases of field photographs and found that they harboured only about 53% of the approximately 125,000 vascular plant species of the Americas. These results reflect the urgent need for a centralized database that can both integrate and complete the photographic record of the world’s flora.

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