FlorItaly – the portal to the Flora of Italy

By

Martellos, Stefano
Bartolucci, Fabrizio
Conti, Fabio
Galasso, Gabriele
Moro, Andrea
Pennesi, Riccardo
Peruzzi, Lorenzo
Pittao, Elena
Nimis, Pier Luigi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

156

Pages

55--71

Subjects

biodiversity data , Checklist , floristics , taxonomic standard

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.156.54023

 

Abstract

Digital data concerning the flora of Italy are largely fragmented among different resources hosted on different platforms, and often with different data standards, which are neither connected by a common access point, nor by web services, thus constituting a relevant obstacle to data access and usage. Taxonomic incongruences add a further complication. This paper describes “FlorItaly”, an online information system which allows to access and query updated information on the checklist of the flora of Italy, aiming at becoming an aggregator for Italian botanical resources. “FlorItaly” was developed in a collaborative effort by more than 50 taxonomists, with the support of the Italian Botanical Society, and of Project “Dryades” (University of Trieste), to provide a better and reliable organization of botanical knowledge in Italy, as well as a relevant simplification for data retrieval, and a further stimulus towards a more collaborative approach in botanical research.