A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 24.8 (August 27th, 2024)

Covering 355,300 accepted species,
8,699 hybrids, 47,761 accepted infraspecific taxa and 999,196 synonyms,
in total 1,410,956* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,209 pictures of 15,787 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life