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Type of site | Database |
|---|---|
| Owner | Plant Names Project |
| Created by | TheRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbarium, and the Australian National Herbarium |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Not required |
| Launched | 1999 |
TheInternational Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "adatabase of the names and associated basic bibliographical details ofseed plants,ferns andlycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank ofspecies andgenus.[1] It includes basic bibliographical details associated with the names. Its goals include eliminating the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names.[2][3]
The IPNI also maintains a list of standardizedauthor abbreviations. These were initially based onBrummitt & Powell (1992), but new names and abbreviations are continually added.
IPNI is the product of a collaboration between TheRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Index Kewensis), TheHarvard University Herbaria (Gray Herbarium Index), and theAustralian National Herbarium (APNI). The IPNI database is a collection of the names registered by the three cooperating institutions, and they work towards standardizing the information. The standard of author abbreviations recommended by theInternational Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants is Brummitt and Powell'sAuthors of Plant Names. A digital and continually updated list of authors and abbreviations can be consulted online at IPNI.
The IPNI provides names that have appeared in scholarly publications, with the objective of providing an index of published names rather than prescribing the acceptedbotanical nomenclature.[2]
of the IPNI – searchable for plant name, author name, publication
