Mapping Asia Plants, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Ecology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 46
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant taxonomy and phylogeny; checklists and databases; plant geography and mapping; plant conservation; plant nomenclature; history of herbarium collections
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Dear Colleagues,
Asian countries are experiencing severe threats to biodiversity-rich areas and ecosystems. Habitat loss and the unsustainable use of natural resources remain the largest threats to biodiversity in Asia. Developing sustainable strategies of conservation and management is vital for biodiversity research and conservation in Asia. Basic biodiversity information forms the base for policymaking. In online data resources of global biodiversity, the plant information available in Asia is limited and scattered. In the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the biggest and the most influential network in biodiversity informatics, plant data in Asia account for less than 5%, in which individual countries like Uzbekistan may account for 0.01% only (by 1 June 2025). To date, there is no complete biodiversity database infrastructure at the continental scale in Asia. With the development of biodiversity informatics, access to plant information has become much easier than before. However, compared with progress in North America, Europe, and some other regions, knowledge of Asian plant information is still not proportional to its rich plant biodiversity. Considering both independent and joint efforts in Asia, this Special Issue will explore the current progress in plant biodiversity studies at the country and region levels, such as plant species checklists, online datasets, literature reviews, and research and mapping projects, aiming to elucidate the current status of Asian plant research.
Dr. Alexander Sennikov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Asian plants
- biodiversity
- biodiversity informatics
- mapping plants
- plant diversity
- taxonomic checklists
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