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title: 'wcvpdata: World Checklist of Vascular Plants Data'
version: 0.5.0
doi: 10.34885/nswv-8994
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.wcvpdata
abstract: Provides a local interface to the 'World Checklist of Vascular Plants' (WCVP)
  <https://powo.science.kew.org/about-wcvp> (Version 15, January 2026), sourced from
  'Plants of the World Online' <https://powo.science.kew.org/>. Bundles standardized
  snapshots of global taxonomic and geographic distribution data for vascular plants,
  designed to support large-scale botanical research and biodiversity analysis directly
  in 'R'.
authors:
- family-names: Santos Andrade
  given-names: Paul E.
  email: paulefrens@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-0375
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic
    Gardens, Kew.'
  authors:
  - family-names: Govaerts
    given-names: Rafa"el
  year: '2026'
  notes: version 15, accessed 06 Jan 2026
  doi: 10.34885/nswv-8994
repository: https://paulesantos.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/PaulESantos/wcvpdata
commit: e8796920f99076ce4296d355c297486449bbbbec
url: https://github.com/PaulESantos/wcvpdata
date-released: '2026-03-14'
contact:
- family-names: Santos Andrade
  given-names: Paul E.
  email: paulefrens@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-0375
references:
- type: article
  title: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for
    exploring global plant diversity
  authors:
  - family-names: Govaerts
    given-names: Rafa"el
  - family-names: Lughadha
    given-names: Eimear Nic
  - family-names: Black
    given-names: Nicholas
  - family-names: Turner
    given-names: Robert
  - family-names: Paton
    given-names: Alan
  journal: Scientific Data
  year: '2021'
  volume: '8'
  issue: '215'
  doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6