Data sources

Flolape combines several authoritative open botanical datasets:

World Flora Online (WFO)

Version 2025-12 of the WFO Plant List. Provides the canonical taxonomic backbone (orders, families, genera, species, synonymies). Released under CC0.
worldfloraonline.org

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Backbone Taxonomy 2023-08-28. Provides vernacular names, distributions, descriptions and media references for plant taxa. Various Creative Commons licenses depending on dataset.
gbif.org

Wikidata + Wikimedia Commons

Vernacular names in 23 languages, cross-references and primary photos. Images are CC-BY-SA-4.0 with attribution preserved.
wikidata.org

Wikipedia (English summaries)

Used as additional source material for top species (Rich and Hero tier). Content is paraphrased, not copied. Source URLs are preserved per CC-BY-SA-4.0.