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PL@NTMEDIT: A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK ON
MEDITERRANEAN FLORA
Errol VELA
Université Montpellier-2, UMR AMAP (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l'Architecture des Plantes), TA A-
51/PS2, Bd de la Lironde, Montferrier-le-Lez, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France. errol.vela@cirad.fr
Both global food crisis and biodiversity extinction crisis induce the need for consequently
increased plant knowledge and data accessibility. For example, in the circum-Mediterranean
area we can find more than 30.000 species. A scientific and associative consortium funded by
the French “Agropolis Fondation” has proposed the Pl@ntNet project as a collaborative
network integrating solutions to overcome at global level this alarming situation.
One of the case studies of this project is Pl@ntMedit, focusing on the circum-Mediterranean
flora. Our principal current objective is to reinforce trans-Mediterranean partnership in the
aim of constituting working groups on Maghrebian flora and from other western-
Mediterranean countries.
All the groups can work parallely with a common taxonomical referential :
- Chorology : phytogeographical and grid-based maps for each taxa
- Herbaria : plant checklist and collection data for each institutional or private herbarium
collection
- Photos : general view and detailed view of organs for each taxa
- Traits : biological traits (biogeography, dissemination, longevity, phenology, pollination,
etc.) for each taxa
All the data could be collected on the Pl@ntNote database system or other compatible
systems. The data collected will be assembled in the Pl@ntNet project website and/or within
the e-Flore application on Tela Botanica website. The case study is an opportuniy to develop
IDAO applications (computer-assisted identification ) and to test the IKONA software
(image-based recognition).
Keywords: Pl@ntNet project, Maghrebian flora, working groups, transversal applications.
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