wcvpdata redistributes snapshots of the WCVP database. We, therefore, encourage you to cite the snapshot version and the WCVP data paper:

Govaerts R (ed.). 2026. WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://doi.org/10.34885/nswv-8994 [v15 accessed 06 Jan 2026].

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E. et al. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Sci Data 8, 215 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by
      the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.},
    author = {Rafa"{e}l Govaerts},
    year = {2026},
    note = {version 15, accessed 06 Jan 2026},
    doi = {10.34885/nswv-8994},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously
      updated resource for exploring global plant diversity},
    author = {Rafa"{e}l Govaerts and Eimear Nic Lughadha and Nicholas
      Black and Robert Turner and Alan Paton},
    journal = {Scientific Data},
    year = {2021},
    volume = {8},
    number = {215},
    doi = {10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6},
  }