Digital data concerning the flora of Italy are largely fragmented among different resources hosted on different platforms, and often with different data standards, which are neither connected by a common access point, nor by web services, thus constituting a relevant obstacle to data access and usage. Taxonomic incongruences add a further complication. This paper describes “FlorItaly”, an online information system which allows to access and query updated information on the checklist of the flora of Italy, aiming at becoming an aggregator for Italian botanical resources. “FlorItaly” was developed in a collaborative effort by more than 50 taxonomists, with the support of the Italian Botanical Society, and of Project “Dryades” (University of Trieste), to provide a better and reliable organization of botanical knowledge in Italy, as well as a relevant simplification for data retrieval, and a further stimulus towards a more collaborative approach in botanical research.

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FlorItaly-意大利植物园的门户。

有关意大利植物区系的数字数据大部分分散在不同平台上托管的不同资源中，并且通常具有不同的数据标准，这些数据既没有通过公共访问点连接，也没有通过Web服务连接，因此对数据访问和使用构成了重大障碍。分类不一致会增加进一步的复杂性。本文介绍了“ FlorItaly”，这是一个在线信息系统，它可以访问和查询有关意大利植物区系清单的更新信息，旨在成为意大利植物资源的聚集者。“ FlorItaly”是在意大利植物学会和“ Dryades”项目（的里雅斯特大学）的支持下，由50多名分类学家共同开发的，目的是在意大利提供更好，更可靠的植物学知识，