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
39%
of 381,476 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 June 2026 release
The WFO's June 2026 release goes live
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La Red de Taxónomos Expertos del orden Buxales
La Red de Taxónomos Expertos del orden Buxales, liderada por Pedro A. González Gutiérrez recientemente completó un tratamiento global integral a nivel de especies que incluye una revisión sobre la tipificación.
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WFO's December 2025 release
The WFO's Decemeber 2025 release goes live.
