Database of Native Plants in Taiwan

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Latest version published by TELDAP on Apr 27, 2026 TELDAP
Publication date:
27 April 2026
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CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

The Database of Native Plants in Taiwan is a comprehensive database of the vascular plants of Taiwan (including outlying islands) and eastern Asia. It consists of three databases: Specimen Database, Image Database and Distribution Database. The collection focuses on Asteraceae, Begoniaceae, Commelinaceae, Lysimachia (Primulaceae), Asarum (Aristolochiaceae), Amorphophallus (Araceae), Orchidaceae, Rubiaceae, Parthenocissus (Euphorbiaceae), Theaceae and ferns. The work is funded by Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP).

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 96c33790-a2b5-11de-9f79-b8a03c50a862.  TELDAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Vascular plant; Specimen; Occurrence; TELDAP; Taiwan; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Kuo-Fang Chung
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Associate Research Fellow
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang Dist.
11574 Taipei
TW
+886-2-2787-2225
Tsui-Ya Liu
  • Metadata Provider
Assistant
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang Dist.
11574 Taipei
TW
Kun-Chi Lai

Geographic Coverage

Taiwan

Bounding Coordinates South West [19.78, 118.32], North East [26.62, 124.61]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1900-01-01 / 2013-01-01

Project Data

No Description available

Title Digital Archives of Taiwan Native Plants Database
Funding Academia Sinica Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program(TELDAP)

The personnel involved in the project:

Ching-I Peng
  • Principal Investigator

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 96c33790-a2b5-11de-9f79-b8a03c50a862
https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=hast