The sixth World Flora Online Council meeting held in South Africa

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Published: 2017-08-28
Keywords:
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, South Africa, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Target 1, World Flora Online, e-Flora of South Africa

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M. Marianne le Roux
Biosystematics Research and Biodiversity Collections Division, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa; Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4705-2513
Ronell R. Klopper
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0948-5038
Peter S. Wyse Jackson
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri, United States
Pierre-Andre Loizeau
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland
Janine E. Victor
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5703-1762
Joseph R. Sebola
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa; School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-5024

Abstract

Background: Biannual Council meetings are held with the aim of developing a World Flora Online (WFO) in response to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2011–2020).


Objectives: To report on the sixth WFO Council meeting held in Pretoria, South Africa, on November 2016.


Method: A WFO Council meeting (preceded by Taxonomic and Technical Working Group meetings) was hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Pretoria.


Results: Significant progress with the development of the WFO portal was made.


Conclusion: The WFO portal will be launched at the International Botanical Congress in China in 2017.

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Vol. 47 No. 1 (2017): Bothalia, African Biodiversity & Conservation

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News, book reviews and commentaries

How to Cite

le Roux, M.M. (2017) “The sixth World Flora Online Council meeting held in South Africa”, African Biodiversity & Conservation, 47(1). Available at: https://mail.abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/109 (Accessed: 1 May 2026).