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Tropicos

Tropicos is an online botanical information system maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden. It provides taxonomic information on plants, including accepted names, synonyms, authorship, and hierarchical classification. The database integrates nomenclatural data with bibliographic references, type specimens, and distribution information.

A core component is the specimen data: records contributed by participating herbaria worldwide, with collection details

The user interface supports search by taxon name, geographic region, collector, publication, or specimen, as well

such
as
date,
locality,
collector,
herbarium
voucher
numbers;
many
records
link
to
digital
images
of
specimens.
In
addition
to
nomenclature
and
specimens,
Tropicos
hosts
images
and
bibliographic
material
such
as
taxonomic
literature,
monographs,
and
articles,
with
links
to
specimens
and
types.
as
browse
by
genus
or
family.
The
site
emphasizes
data
quality
and
provenance,
with
citation
details
and
provenance
for
each
record.
Tropicos
serves
researchers,
educators,
and
students,
and
is
widely
used
as
a
reference
for
plant
names
and
taxonomic
concepts.
It
is
part
of
the
digital
infrastructure
of
botanical
science
and
contributes
to
global
plant
taxonomy
by
aggregating
data
from
multiple
herbaria
and
literature.