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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Gaps and priorities for the Flora of Australia: where to next?

Zoe F. Knapp
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Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment. GPO Box 787, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Email: zoe.knapp@environment.gov.au

Australian Systematic Botany 29(3) 167-171 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB16020
Submitted: 2 May 2016  Accepted: 9 June 2016   Published: 29 November 2016

Abstract

This paper outlines current gaps in the Flora of Australia in terms of family-level treatments, and next steps towards completing the Flora, including moving from hard-copy volumes to a more dynamic and collaborative online platform.


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