E. Charles Nelson
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View article: Understanding the Attitudes and Perceptions of Young People with a Migration Background: An Appraisal of Youth Development Policies
Understanding the Attitudes and Perceptions of Young People with a Migration Background: An Appraisal of Youth Development Policies Open
Young people represent a vital demographic in shaping the social, economic, and political fabric of societies. Their participation is central to global and regional policy frameworks, including the European Union Youth Strategy (2019–2027)…
View article: World Flora Online Plant List June 2025
World Flora Online Plant List June 2025 Open
The consensus taxonomy of plants used as the backbone for the World Flora Online (WFO) portal, and issued as editions of the WFO Plant List. New versions of this checklist are released every six months in June and December: this is release…
View article: Systematics, natural history, and conservation of Erica (Ericaceae)
Systematics, natural history, and conservation of Erica (Ericaceae) Open
Worldwide, many tens of thousands of plant species are threatened with extinction in the wild. Those that are naturally rare or have narrow distributions are particularly vulnerable. The flowering plant genus Erica is a prime example, its …
View article: Redefining the megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae): the contributions of E. G. H. Oliver and I. M. Oliver (née Nitzsche) to taxonomy and nomenclature
Redefining the megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae): the contributions of E. G. H. Oliver and I. M. Oliver (née Nitzsche) to taxonomy and nomenclature Open
The megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae), as it is recognised today, includes 851 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees, the majority of which are endemic to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. From the first descriptions in Linnaeus…
View article: Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online
Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online Open
To support the work of the Global Conservation Consortium for Erica and update the Erica checklist in the World Flora Online (WFO), we have curated the taxonomic backbone in the WFO by expanding it to include updated nomenclatural informat…
View article: Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online
Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online Open
To support the work of the Global Conservation Consortium for Erica and update the Erica checklist in the World Flora Online (WFO), we have curated the taxonomic backbone in the WFO by expanding it to include updated nomenclatural informat…
View article: Redefining the megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae): the contributions of E. G. H. Oliver and I. M. Oliver (née Nitzsche) to taxonomy and nomenclature
Redefining the megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae): the contributions of E. G. H. Oliver and I. M. Oliver (née Nitzsche) to taxonomy and nomenclature Open
The megagenus Erica L. (Ericaceae), as it is recognised today, includes 851 species of evergreen shrubs or small trees, the majority of which are endemic to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. From the first descriptions in Linnaeus…
View article: World Flora Online Plant List December 2023
World Flora Online Plant List December 2023 Open
A global consensus classification of vascular plants and bryophytes used as the taxonomic backbone for the World Flora Online (WFO) portal (http://www.worldfloraonline.org) and the WFO Plant List (https://wfoplantlist.org). Initiated in 20…
View article: International Register of Heather Names archive
International Register of Heather Names archive Open
This dataset contains the Heather Society’s Access 2000® database, used to produce the International Register of Heather Names (IRHN). The PDF scans of the two volumes in eight parts of the IRHN. We also add a CSV of the names combined fro…
View article: International Register of Heather Names archive
International Register of Heather Names archive Open
This dataset contains the Heather Society’s Access 2000® database, used to produce the International Register of Heather Names (IRHN). The PDF scans of the two volumes in eight parts of the IRHN. We also add a CSV of the names combined fro…
View article: Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names
Erica L. (Ericaceae): homonyms amongst published names for African species and proposed replacement names Open
In support of ongoing taxonomic work on the large and complex flowering plant genus Erica (Ericaceae), we document nineteen pairs of homonyms representing currently used illegitimate names. We provide replacements for thirteen names and ne…
View article: Where have all the heathers gone?
Where have all the heathers gone? Open
Heathers have been cultivated for several centuries, both the hardy heaths (Calluna, Daboecia and Erica) from the northern hemisphere and the more frost-tender species of Erica from southern Africa known as Cape heaths. In the late 19th ce…
View article: In Memorium: Horace Hedley Mitchell (1868-1953)
In Memorium: Horace Hedley Mitchell (1868-1953) Open