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Tropicosis an onlinebotanicaldatabasecontaining taxonomic information on plants, mainly from theNeotropical realm(Central,andSouth America). It is maintained by theMissouri Botanical Gardenand was established in 1982. The database contains images andtaxonomicalandbibliographicaldata on more than 4.2 millionherbariumspecimens. In addition, it contains data on over 49,000 scientific publications. The database can be queried in English, French, and Spanish. The oldest records in the database go back to 1703.[1]
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| Producer | Missouri Botanical Garden(United States) |
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| Languages | English, French, Spanish |
| Access | |
| Cost | Open access |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Plant taxonomy |
| Temporal coverage | 1703-present |
| Geospatial coverage | Neotropical realm |
| No.of records | 4.2 million |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Establishment
editTropicos was developed by Garden botanist Dr. Robert Magill in the early 1980s, initially on a tiny Osborne 01 microcomputer. He is currently working as Tropicos’ research staff.
References
edit- ^"Tropicos".Colecciones Bibliográficas para investigación biológica relacionadas y afines.Ciencias,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.November 5, 2012.RetrievedApril 3,2014.
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