Flora Europaea
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| Flora Europaea | |
 Flora Europaea vol 2 front cover |
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| Author | eds. T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters, D. A. Webb |
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| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date | 6 December 2001 |
| Media type | Hardback (5 vols) + CD |
| Pages | 2392 |
| ISBN | 978-0521805704 |
The Flora Europaea is a 5-volume encyclopedia of plants, published between 1964 and 1993 by Cambridge University Press. The aim was to bring together all the national Floras of Europe into a single, authoritative publication, allowing any plant found wild or widely cultivated in Europe to be identified to subspecies level. Information on geographical distribution, habitat preference and chromosome number is also given, where known.
The Flora was released in CD form in 2001, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has made it available online.
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[edit] History
The idea of a pan-European Flora was first mooted at the 8th International Congress of Botany in Paris in 1954.[1] In 1957, Britain's Science and Engineering Research Council provided grants to fund a secretariat of three people,[2] 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.[3] A revised Volume 1 was launched at the Linnean Society on 11th March 1993.
Work is underway on a second edition, although there is now more emphasis on EU-funded online projects like Euro+Med PlantBase.
[edit] Volumes
[edit] Volume 1
- Published 1964
[edit] Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae
- ISBN-10: 052106662X
- ISBN-13: 978-0521066624
- Published : 1 Dec 1968 (486 pages)
[edit] Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae
- ISBN-10: 052108489X
- ISBN-13: 978-0521084895
- Published : 28 Dec 1972 (399 pages)
[edit] Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae)
- ISBN-10: 0521087171
- ISBN-13: 978-0521087179
- Published: 5 Aug 1976 (534 pages)
[edit] Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae
- ISBN-10: 052120108X
- ISBN-13: 978-0521201087
- Published: 3 April 1980 (476 pages)
[edit] Volume 1 Revised: Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae
- ISBN-10: 052141007X
- ISBN-13: 978-0521410076
- Published: 22 April 1993 (629 pages)
[edit] 5 Volume Set and CD-ROM Pack
- ISBN-10: 0521805708
- ISBN-13: 978-0521805704
- Published: 6 Dec 2001 (2392 pages)
[edit] Editors
The editors named on every edition are :
- Tom Tutin (1908-1987) - Professor of Botany at University of Leicester
- Vernon Heywood (1927- ) - Chief Scientist, Plant Conservation, IUCN and professor emeritus at University of Reading
- Alan Burges (1911-2002) - Professor of Botany at University of Liverpool
- David Valentine (1912-1987) - Professor of Botany at Durham University
For the Revised Edition of Volume 1 only :
- David Moore - Professor Emeritus at University of Reading
For the CD set only :
- Max Walters (1920-2005) - Director, Cambridge University Botanic Garden
- David Webb (1912-1994) - Professor of Botany at Trinity College, Dublin
[edit] See also
- Species Plantarum - the first attempt at an encyclopedia of plants
[edit] Geographical Codes
The geographical distribution is indicated by a series of two letter codes.
| Two Letter Code | Geographical Region |
|---|---|
| Al | Albania |
| Au | Austria with Liechtenstein |
| Az | Açores (Azores) |
| Be | Belgium |
| Bl | Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands) |
| Br | Great Britain, including Orkney, Zetland and Isle of Man; excluding Channel Islands and Northern Ireland |
| Bu | Bulgaria |
| Co | Corse (Corsica) |
| Cr | Kriti (Creta) (Crete) with Karpathos, Kasos and Gavdhos |
| Cz | Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) |
| Da | Denmark |
| Fa | Færöer (Faroe Islands) |
| Fe | Finland (Fennia), including Ahvenanmaa (Åland Islands) |
| Ga | France (Gallia), with the Channel Islands (Îles Normandes) and Monaco; excluding Corse (Corsica) |
| Ge | Germany |
| Gr | Greece, excluding those islands included under Kriti (Crete) (supra) and those which are outside Europe as defined for Flora Europaea |
| Hb | Ireland (Hibernia); both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland |
| He | Switzerland (Helvetia) |
| Ho | Netherlands (Hollandia) |
| Hs | Spain (Hispania) with Gibraltar and Andora; excluding Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands) |
| Hu | Hungary |
| Is | Iceland (Islandia) |
| It | Italy, including the Arcipelago Toscano; excluding Sardegna and Sicilia |
| Ju | Jugoslavia (Yugoslavia) |
| Lu | Portugal (Lusitania) |
| No | Norway |
| Po | Poland |
| Rm | Romania |
| Rs | Territories of the former U.S.S.R. |
| Rs(N) | Northern Division: Arctic Europe, Karelo-Lapland, Dvina-Pecora |
| Rs(B) | Baltic Division: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningradskaja Oblast' |
| Rs(C) | Central Division: Ladoga-Ilmen, Upper Volga, Volga-Kama, Upper Dnepr, Volga-Don, Ural |
| Rs(W) | South-western Division: Moldavia, Middle Dnepr, Black Sea, Upper Dnestr |
| Rs(K) | Krym (Crimea) |
| Rs(E) | South-eastern Division: Lower Don, Lower Volga Region, Transvolga |
| Sa | Sardegna (Sardinia) |
| Sb | Svalbard, comprising Spitsbergen, Björnöya (Bear Island) and Jan Mayen |
| Si | Sicilia, with Pantelleria, Isole Pelagie, Isole Lipari and Ustica; also the Malta archipelago |
| Su | Sweden (Suecia), including Öland and Gotland |
| Tu | Turkey (European part), including Gökçeada (Imroz) |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Atlas Florae Europaea Helsinki-based group creating maps to complement the Flora Europaea
