World Flora Online is the international initiative to achieve Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and provides a global overview of the diversity of plant species. It is the essential tool for conservation planners, policymakers and practitioners at all levels.
This map graph shows the current approximate coverage of species, derived from data supplied by World Checklist of Vascular Plants and the associated Floras, for level two regions of World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Hover over regions for further information.
Descriptions of
38%
of 350,510 accepted
species included
Why the WFO?
In this short video, Peter Wyse Jackson gives the background and rational of the WFO.
Recent WFO Stories
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WFO's December 2022 release
The World Flora Online's December release goes live.
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Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan joins the WFO Family
The Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan becomes the 51st Consortium Member.
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19th World Flora Online Council Meeting
For the first time since 2019 the WFO has had an in person meeting to review the progress of the project so far and to discuss how the WFO can contribute to and support the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.