Australian National Herbarium (Program HC)

Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Team Leader: Brendan Lepschi

(CSIRO: LT57a)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) database is the standard reference dataset for plant names in Australia, containing more than 100,000 separate entries. APNI provides basic nomenclatural data on all published plant names (including synonyms) applied to taxa of Australian origin, including information relating to:

• place of publication
• authors
• synonymy
• type specimens
• secondary references and usage
• other nomenclatural information

APNI does not provide information on the generally accepted scientific names in use in Australia. This is the role of the Australian Plant Census (APC), a collaborative project between all Australian state and territory herbaria aimed at providing an agreed national list of names for all Australian vascular plants.

APNI is maintained in-house at the Australian National Herbarium on behalf of the Australian botanical community, and is available at http://www.cpbr.gov.au/apni.

The APNI team welcomes corrections or feedback on the project and its constituent data via: cpbr-info@anbg.gov.au

2007 Report

APNI & APC

• APC requirements still evolving.
• Schema updated to accommodate APC project.
• Editorial interface updated to facilitate APC work flows and practice.
• Specifications for on-line publication of APC completed.
• Prototype web interface.
• Census c. 50% complete.
• New concept mapping position to capture relationships between APC and state censuses.

Scientific and Technical Staff

TEAM LEADERS

Brendan Lepschi #

STAFF, HONORARY ASSOCIATES & STUDENTS

Kirsten Cowley ^
Anna Monro #
Bronwyn Collins #
Slipinska, Ewa ^
Wheeler, Annabel ^
Whitbread, Greg #