Despite the recent advances in seed science research, information on seed dormancy and germination traits is still missing for many lineages of the seed plants. We translated and digitized a huge data set on seed dormancy and germination from the 'Reference book on dormant seed germination' by M. Nikolaeva, M. Razumova and V. Gladkova published in Russian in 1985 and previously not readily accessible to the great majority of people in the international scientific community interested in seeds. The data set contains information on the seed dormancy classification (sensu Nikolaeva et al., 1985; Baskin and Baskin, 2004), dormancy-breaking conditions/germination, and for some of the included species storage behaviour, of seeds of nearly 3000 gymnosperm and angiosperm species from 843 genera and 164 families occurring worldwide. Additionally, the data set contains about ´550 references, many of them unknown to seed scientists, to seed ecology research conducted between 1926 and 1985. The data set should be of value to applied, basic and theoretical plant biologists, ecologists and evolutionary biologists interested in the various aspects of regeneration of plants from seeds. There are no copyright or proprietary restrictions for research or teaching purposes. The originator of the data would appreciate notification when and how the data are used. When used in published analyses, this paper should be referred to as the data source.

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Nikolaeva 等人关于种子休眠和发芽的参考书

尽管种子科学研究最近取得了进展，但种子植物的许多谱系仍然缺乏关于种子休眠和发芽性状的信息。我们翻译并数字化了 M. Nikolaeva、M. Razumova 和 V. Gladkova 于 1985 年以俄文出版的“休眠种子萌发参考书”中关于种子休眠和萌发的大量数据集，以前大多数人都不容易获得这些数据。对种子感兴趣的国际科学界人士。该数据集包含有关种子休眠分类的信息（sensu Nikolaeva 等人，1985 年；Baskin 和 Baskin，2004 年）、打破休眠条件/发芽，以及一些包含的物种储存行为，近 3000 株裸子植物和被子植物物种来自世界各地的 843 个属和 164 个科。此外，该数据集包含大约 550 篇关于 1926 年至 1985 年间进行的种子生态学研究的参考文献，其中许多不为种子科学家所知。该数据集应该对应用、基础和理论植物生物学家、生态学家和进化生物学家感兴趣。从种子再生植物的各个方面。对于研究或教学目的，没有版权或专有限制。数据的创建者希望能够通知何时以及如何使用数据。当用于已发表的分析中时，应将本文称为数据源。生态学家和进化生物学家对从种子再生植物的各个方面感兴趣。对于研究或教学目的，没有版权或专有限制。数据的创建者希望能够通知何时以及如何使用数据。当用于已发表的分析中时，应将本文称为数据源。生态学家和进化生物学家对从种子再生植物的各个方面感兴趣。对于研究或教学目的，没有版权或专有限制。数据的创建者希望能够通知何时以及如何使用数据。当用于已发表的分析中时，应将本文称为数据源。