Societal Impact Statement Research and publication of the planet's remaining plant and
fungal species as yet unknown to science is essential if we are to address the United …

Societal Impact Statement Plants and fungi have provided, or inspired, key pharmaceuticals
for global health challenges, including cancer, heart disease, dementia, and malaria, and …

Abstract The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) is a comprehensive list of
scientifically described plant species, compiled over four decades, from peer-reviewed …

Mass extinctions during the past 500 million y rapidly removed branches from the
phylogenetic tree of life and required millions of years for evolution to generate functional …

Fungi play vital roles in ecosystems as endophytes, pathogens and saprobes. The current
estimate of fungal diversity is highly uncertain, ranging from 1.5 to 12 million, but only …

Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and
geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill …

Madagascar's biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We
review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar's past and current terrestrial and …

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
is central in biodiversity conservation, but insufficient resources hamper its long-term growth …

Humanity has triggered the sixth mass extinction episode since the beginning of the
Phanerozoic. The complexity of this extinction crisis is centred on the intersection of two …

Summary The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) is an extremely valuable resource
that is being used to address many fundamental and applied questions in plant science …