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The Global Inventory of Floras and Traits - GIFT database is a global archive of regional plant checklists and floras and plant functional traits. It contains information about the floristic status of 368,597 species across 3,627 geographic regions. Functional trait information is available for 287,884 species and 109 traits. This website provides an overview about the content of the database. You can browse maps to see the geographic coverage and species richness as well as percent trait coverage for different taxonomic groups and floristic status.

Please cite as:
Weigelt, P., König, C. & Kreft, H. (2020) GIFT - A Global Inventory of Floras and Traits for macroecology and biogeography. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 16-43. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13623

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