The following checklist contains all accepted taxa treated in the 2nd Edition of Flora of the Pacific Northwest. Taxa are included at the ranks of family, genus, species, and infraspecies; named and unnamed hybrids are also included. A list of all taxa treated in the 1st Edition of the Flora is also provided, which each name treated therein matched to the corresponding name in the 2nd Edition where relevant.
The checklist is available in two formats, an Excel (.xlsx) file with two tabs and a zip file containing two tab-delimited text files. A description of the checklist structure is provided below.
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FloraPNW_Checklist.xlsx (2.1 MB Excel file; last updated June 30, 2018)
The checklist contains 2 tables (each represented as a tab in the Excel file, or a text file in the zip archive) corresponding to the 1st and 2nd editions of the Flora. The contents of each table, and an explanation of the columns in each, is provided here.
The Flora PNW 2nd Edition table represents all accepted scientific names treated in the 2nd Edition of the Flora published in 2018. The checklist also includes a few taxa that are considered present within the Flora region but were not included in the book, generally because they are insufficiently established or were discovered too late for inclusion.
Full synonymy is not included in the 2nd Edition checklist but can be otained from the PNW Herbaria synonymized checklist. Names in the 2nd Edition checklist can be linked to names in the PNW Herbaria checklist using the NameID and TaxonID fields.
For each taxon in the 2nd Edition checklist the corresponding name(s) of the taxon (or taxa) used in the 1st Edition is provided, allowing unambigous cross-walking between the two editions. This crosswalking reflects occasional misapplications of names and changes in taxon circumscriptions that would not otherwise be accommodated if the names were associated based only on synonymy.
The sources of all illustrations used in the 2nd Edition of the Flora are indicated. These include illustrations re-used from the 5-volume Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, as well as a few illustrations from other sources. Also indicated are the new illustrations commissioned specifically for the 2nd Edition.
| Field Name: | Data Type: | Description: |
| ID | Integer | Identifier unique to each record in this table; does not relate to any identifiers outside the table. |
| TerminalTaxon | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this name is a terminal taxon (= lowest rank or minimum rank taxon) within the 2nd Edition. Terminal taxa areall at the rank of species (if the species contains no infraspecies) or infraspecies. |
| NameRank | Text | The rank of this scientific name. Allowed values: family, genus, species, infraspecies |
| Hybrid | Text | Indicates if the scientific name represents a named or unnamed hybrid. Allowed values: Named, Unnamed |
| ClassificationSequence | Integer | Defines a linear phylogenetic sequence for the major clades used in the 2nd Edition. |
| FamilySequence | Integer | Defines a linear phylogenetic sequence for each family, representing the same order of families as in the 2nd Edition. |
| InformalClassification | Text | A colon-separated list of one or more informal names above the rank of family, in which this scientific name is classified. These are intended as a simple and user-friendly means of grouping families and scientific names into major recognizable groups. |
| Family | Text | The name of the family in which this scientific name is classified in the 2nd Edition. |
| NameID | Integer | A unique integer identifier assigned to each scientific name in this checklist; forms the basis for linking instances of this name across different tables and corresponds to the NameID field in the PNW Herbaria checklist. |
| ScientificName | Text | The scientific name of each accepted taxon in the 2nd Edition; names are represented at ranks of family, genus, species, and infraspecies. |
| Accepted | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this name used in the 2nd Edition remains accepted or not. Most names that are not accepted are synonyms. Allowed values: Y, N |
| NameStatus | Text | The nomenclatural status of this scientific name, if no longer accepted. The possible values are too numerous to list here, but most names are marked as a synonym. |
| TaxonID | Integer | The TaxonID represents the NameID of the accepted taxon name, and correponds to a value in the NameID column. A given TaxonID and TaxonName may appear for multiple scientific names (most being synonyms of that taxon name). |
| TaxonName | Text | The taxon name (= accepted name) to which the scientific name is currently referred. |
| Treated | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this taxon is treated (included) in the 2nd Edition. |
| TreatmentAuthors | Text | The individuals who authored the treatments and keys for this taxon in the 2nd Edition. |
| TreatmentType | Text | Indicates how the taxon was treated in the 2nd Edition. Possible values: Full (= given an entry in a key or a species description); Key to genera (= included only in a family's key to genera, without full treatment); Key to families (= included only in the key to families, without full treatment); Note (= mentioned only in commentary after a genus description of in another key lead); None (= not treated in the 2nd Edition). |
| TreatmentStatus | Text | A free-text note about the general status of this taxon within the flora; usually used to indicate waifs and marginally naturalized taxa that may fall near our cutoff criterion for inclusion in the 2nd Edition. |
| Notes | Text | Free-text notes and commentary about this taxon. |
| Excluded | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this taxon is considered to be excluded (not present) within the flora region; a few excluded taxa are nonetheless treated in the book. |
| Peripheral | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this taxon is considered to be peripheral to the Flora region (e.g., occurring just outside or barely entering the Flora region). |
| WaifOccasional | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this taxon is considered to be a waif or marginally naturalized exotic. These represent taxa that fall near our cutoff criterion for inclusion in the 2nd Edition. |
| Endemic | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if this taxon is endemic to the Flora region, that is, occurs fully within the boundary defined for the Flora. |
| Extirpated | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if this taxon is presumed to be extirpated from the Flora region. |
| Origin | Text | Indicates the origin (e.g., whether native or introduced) for each taxon for the flora region. Allowed values: N (= Native), N? (= Native?), I (= Introduced or exotic), I? (= Introduced?, B (= Both native and introduced genotypes), B? (= Possibly both native and introduced genotypes) |
| TreatedIn1stEdition | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if this taxon, as defined in the 2nd Edition, was treated in the 1st Edition. |
| 1stEditionNames | Text | Indicates how the corresponding taxon is treated in the 1st Edition. Possible values: Full (= given an entry in a key or a species description); Key to genera (= included only in a family's key to genera, without full treatment); Note (= mentioned only in commentary after a genus description of in another key lead). |
| Illustrated | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if this taxon is accompanied by an illustration in the 2nd Edition. |
| ReusedIllustration | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if all or part of the illustration used for this taxon is re-printed from an earlier source such as the 5-Volume Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. |
| ReusedIllustrationSources | Text | Indicates the source of the illustration used in the 2nd Edition if it was re-used from an earlier work, including those in the 5-Volume Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. |
| ReusedIllustrationNames | Text | Indicates the scientific name under which the illustration appears in the source (e.g., the name used for the illustration in the 5-volume Flora). |
| NewIllustration | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if all or part of the illustration used for this taxon was commissioned as a new illustration specifically for the 2nd Edition. |
| NewIllustrationName | Text | Indicates the scientific name under which the illustration is filed in the set of new illustrations archived at the WTU Herbarium. |
| NothoGenus | Text | If a named infrageneric hybrid, this column holds the hybrid symbol (×) that will be prepended to the genus for display purposes. |
| Genus | Text | Epithet for genus name. |
| GenusAuthors | Text | Authors of genus name, generally abbreviated following standards. |
| NothoSpecies | Text | If a named infraspecific hybrid, this column holds the hybrid symbol (×) that will be prepended to the species epithet for display purposes. |
| SpecificEpithet | Text | Epithet for species name. |
| SpecificAuthors | Text | Authors of species name, generally abbreviated following standards. |
| InfraspecificRank | Text | Abbreviation for the rank of an infraspecies name: ssp. (subspecies), var. (variety), or f. (forma). |
| NothoInfraspecies | Text | If a named hybrid at the rank of infraspecies, this column holds the hybrid symbol (×) that will be prepended to the infraspecies epithet for display purposes. |
| InfraspecificEpithet | Text | Epithet for subspecies, variety, or forma name. |
| InfraspecificAuthors | Text | Authors of subspecies, variety, or forma name, generally abbreviated following standards. |
| HybridSymbol | Text | This field, and those that follow, are used for the second parent of unnamed hybrids; this field holds the hybrid symbol separating the parent names (generally an ×, but possibly <, <<, >, or >>). |
| NothoGenus2 | Text | Same as NothoGenus, but for second parent name. |
| Genus2 | Text | Same as Genus, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| GenusAuthors2 | Text | Same as GenusAuthors, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| NothoSpecies2 | Text | Same as NothoSpecies, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| SpecificEpithet2 | Text | Same as SpecificEpithet, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| SpecificAuthors2 | Text | Same as SpecificAuthors, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| InfraspecificRank2 | Text | Same as InfraspecificRank, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| NothoInfraspecies2 | Text | Same as NothoInfraspecies, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| InfraspecificEpithet2 | Text | Same as InfraspecificEpithet, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
| InfraspecificAuthors2 | Text | Same as InfraspecificAuthors, but for the second parent of unnamed hybrids. |
The Flora PNW 1st Edition table represents all accepted scientific names treated in the 1st Edition of the Flora first published in 1973. Scientific names, authors, and family names are given exactly as they appear in the 1st Edition. In particular, author names may differ from those used for the equivalent scientific names in the 2nd Edition or in the PNW Herbaria synonymized checklist.
The NameID column serves as the unique identifier of each name within the 1st Edition checklist and corresponds to the NameID values used in the PNW Herbaria synonymized checklist. The current accepted name for each taxon in the 1st Edition is indicated by the TaxonName and TaxonID fields. Full synonymy is not included in the 1st Edition checklist but can be otained from the PNW Herbaria synonymized checklist.
Each taxon name in the 1st Edition checklist is linked to the corresponding accepted name(s) of the taxon (or taxa) used in the 2nd Edition, allowing unambigous cross-walking between the two editions. This crosswalking reflects occasional misapplications of names and changes in taxon circumscriptions that would not otherwise be accommodated if the names were linked only based on synonymy. The SeeAlso field accommodates cases where a name in the 1st Edition corresponds to more than one accepted taxa.
The sources of all illustrations used in the 1st Edition of the Flora are indicated. Most illustrations were re-used from 5 Volume Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest; a few were drawn later specifically for the 1st Edition.
| Field Name: | Data Type: | Description: |
| ID | Integer | Identifier unique to each record in this table; does not relate to any identifiers outside the table. |
| ClassificationSequence | Integer | Defines a linear phylogenetic sequence for the major clades used in the 2nd Edition. |
| FamilySequence | Integer | Defines a linear phylogenetic sequence for each family, representing the same order of families as in the 2nd Edition. |
| InformalClassification | Text | A colon-separated list of one or more informal names above the rank of family, in which this scientific name is classified. These are intended as a simple and user-friendly means of grouping families and scientific names into major recognizable groups. |
| Family | Text | The name of the family in which this scientific name is classified in the 1st Edition. |
| NameID | Integer | A unique integer identifier assigned to each scientific name in this checklist; forms the basis for linking instances of this name across different tables and corresponds to the NameID field in the PNW Herbaria checklist. |
| ScientificName | Text | The scientific name of each accepted taxon in the 1st Edition; names are represented at ranks of family, genus, species, and infraspecies. |
| Accepted | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this name used in the 1st Edition remains accepted or not. Most names that are not accepted are synonyms or misapplications. Allowed values: Y, N |
| NameStatus | Text | The nomenclatural status of this scientific name, if no longer accepted. The possible values are too numerous to list here, but most names are marked as a synonym. |
| TaxonID | Integer | The TaxonID represents the NameID of the accepted taxon name, and correponds to a value in the NameID column. A given TaxonID and TaxonName may appear for multiple scientific names (most being synonyms of that taxon name). |
| TaxonName | Text | The taxon name (= accepted name) to which the scientific name is currently referred. |
| SeeAlso | Text | For ambiguous names that cannot be resolved to a single taxon name, this field lists the possible taxon names to which the name might correspond beyond that given by the TaxonName. |
| TreatmentType | Text | Indicates how the taxon was treated in the 1st Edition. Possible values: Full (= given an entry in a key or a species description); Key to genera (= included only in a family's key to genera, without full treatment); Note (= mentioned only in commentary after a genus description of in another key lead). |
| TreatmentStatus | Text | A free-text note about the general status of this taxon within the flora as given in the 1st Edition; usually used to indicate waifs and marginally naturalized taxa. |
| Excluded | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this taxon is considered to be excluded (not present) within the flora region even though it was still treated in the 1st Edition. |
| Origin | Text | Indicates the origin (e.g., whether native or introduced) for each taxon for the flora region. Allowed values: N (= Native), N? (= Native?), I (= Introduced or exotic), I? (= Introduced?, B (= Both native and introduced genotypes), B? (= Possibly both native and introduced genotypes) |
| TreatedIn2ndEdition | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if this taxon, as defined in the 1st Edition, is treated in the 2nd Edition. |
| 2ndEditionTreatmentType | Text | Indicates how the corresponding taxon is treated in the 2nd Edition. Possible values: Full (= given an entry in a key or a species description); Key to genera (= included only in a family's key to genera, without full treatment); Key to families (= included only in the key to families, without full treatment); Note (= mentioned only in commentary after a genus description of in another key lead); None (= not treated in the 2nd Edition). |
| Illustrated | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating if this taxon was accompanied by an illustration in the 1st Edition (specifically, the 1973 condensed manual). |
| IllustrationSources | Text | Indicates the source of the illustration used in the 1st Edition; most illustrations came from the 5-volume Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Possible values: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, 1973 Flora |
| IllustrationNames | Text | Indicates the scientific name under which the illustration appears in the source (e.g., the name used for the illustration in the 5-volume Flora). |
| TerminalTaxon | Text | A Yes/No flag indicating whether this name is a terminal taxon (= lowest rank or minimum rank taxon) within the 1st Edition. Terminal taxa areall at the rank of species (if the species contains no infraspecies) or infraspecies. |
| NameRank | Text | The rank of this scientific name. Allowed values: family, genus, species, infraspecies |
| NamedHybrid | Text | Indicates if the scientific name represents a named hybrid. Allowed values: Named, Unnamed. Note: no unnamed hybrids are mentioned in the 1st Edition. |
| NothoGenus | Text | If a named infrageneric hybrid, this column holds the hybrid symbol (×) that will be prepended to the genus for display purposes. |
| Genus | Text | Epithet for genus name. |
| GenusAuthors | Text | Authors of genus name, generally abbreviated following standards. |
| NothoSpecies | Text | If a named infraspecific hybrid, this column holds the hybrid symbol (×) that will be prepended to the species epithet for display purposes. |
| SpecificEpithet | Text | Epithet for species name. |
| SpecificAuthors | Text | Authors of species name, generally abbreviated following standards. |
| InfraspecificRank | Text | Abbreviation for the rank of an infraspecies name: ssp. (subspecies), var. (variety), or f. (forma). |
| NothoInfraspecies | Text | If a named hybrid at the rank of infraspecies, this column holds the hybrid symbol (×) that will be prepended to the infraspecies epithet for display purposes. |
| InfraspecificEpithet | Text | Epithet for subspecies, variety, or forma name. |
| InfraspecificAuthors | Text | Authors of subspecies, variety, or forma name, generally abbreviated following standards. |
| Quadrinomial | Text | The full quadrinomial combination for this scientific name if the 1st Edition applied both a subspecies and variety to the name (e.g., Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus var. scaposus) |
