Flora Europaea

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Flora Europaea vol 2 front cover

eds. T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters, D. A. Webb

United Kingdom

Cambridge University Press

6 December 2001

Hardback (5 vols) + CD

2392

978-0521805704

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The Flora Europaea is a 5-volume encyclopedia of plants, published between 1964 and 1993 byCambridge University Press. The aim was to describe all the national Floras of Europe in a single, authoritative publication that helped readers identify any wild or widely cultivated plant in Europe to thesubspecies level. It is also provides information on geographical distribution, habitat preference, andchromosome number, where known.
The Flora was released in CD form in 2001, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is making itavailable online.

[h=2]Contents[/h] [hide]​ 1 History 2 Volumes 2.1 Volume 1 2.2 Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae 2.3 Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae 2.4 Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae) 2.5 Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae 2.6 Volume 1 Revised: Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae 2.7 5 Volume Set and CD-ROM Pack 3 Editors 4 See also 5 Geographical Codes 6 References 7 External links

[h=2][edit]History[/h]The idea of a pan-European Flora was first mooted at the 8th International Congress of Botany in Paris in 1954.[SUP][1][/SUP] In 1957, Britain's Science and Engineering Research Council provided grants to fund a secretariat of three people,[SUP][2][/SUP] and Volume 1 was published in 1964. More volumes were issued in the following years, culminating in 1980 with the monocots of Volume 5. The royalties were put into a trust fund administered by the Linnean Society, which allowed funding for Dr John Akeroyd to continue work on the project.[SUP][3][/SUP] A revised Volume 1 was launched at the Linnean Society on 11 March 1993.
Work is underway on a second edition, although there is now more emphasis on EU-funded online projects like Euro+Med PlantBase.
[h=2][edit]Volumes[/h][h=3][edit]Volume 1[/h]Published 1964[h=3][edit]Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae[/h]ISBN 052106662XISBN 978-0521066624Published : 1 Dec 1968 (486 pages)[h=3][edit]Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae[/h]ISBN 052108489XISBN 978-0521084895Published : 28 Dec 1972 (399 pages)[h=3][edit]Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae)[/h]ISBN 0521087171ISBN 978-0521087179Published: 5 Aug 1976 (534 pages)[h=3][edit]Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae[/h]ISBN 052120108XISBN 978-0521201087Published: 3 April 1980 (476 pages)[h=3][edit]Volume 1 Revised: Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae[/h]ISBN 052141007XISBN 978-0521410076Published: 22 April 1993 (629 pages)[h=3][edit]5 Volume Set and CD-ROM Pack[/h]ISBN 0521805708ISBN 978-0521805704Published: 6 Dec 2001 (2392 pages)