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ON-LINE CENSUS CATALOGUE OF THE VASCULAR FLORA OF IRELAND

An up-to-date listing of the Vascular Flora of Ireland based upon published or herbarium records for native and naturalised alien taxa recorded in the 40 vice-counties of Ireland.

Publication of vice-county records of vascular plants in Ireland was begun by Robert Lloyd Praeger in Irish Topographical Botany (Praeger 1901). Additions to that list were made in a number of subsequent publications by Praeger (1902, 1906, 1929, 1932 and 1934) and an updated census of the distribution was included in The Botanist in Ireland (Praeger 1934). The first edition of the Census Catalogue of the Flora of Ireland by Scannell and Synnott was published in 1972. Following the second edition in 1987, the sources for all the records made since 1934 were published (Scannell and Synnott 1989 and 1990). Those sources included the herbarium of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, from which many unpublished records were derived.

The Catalogue is arranged with a separate page for each family or larger grouping, and all species names are arranged alphabetically for ease of use. For each entry there are four separate sets of information.

ITB Firstly records collated by Praeger in 1901 and up to 1934 (given in a second line), for which no details are given, other than the bare fact that they were known from that vice-county at the time.

CC Secondly, those records that appear in the Census Catalogues, editions 1 and 2, for which the information collated by Scannell and Synnott is given for each new vice county record.

SR Thirdly, those records collated by Sylvia Reynolds in A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland, published in 2002. Where these records overlap with the foregoing, they are given again.

DBN Fourthly, new records avaliable in the literature, or as herbarium specimens collected since 1987, many of those appearing in Atlas 2000, however are as yet unsupported by literature citations or herbarium specimens.

FAMILIES COMPLETED ARE IN GREEN WITH HYPERLINKS

Fern Allies Ferns Gymnosperms

Acanthaceae Diapensiaceae Malvaceae Salicaceae

Aceraceae Dioscoreaceae Menyanthaceae Santalaceae

Adoxaceae Dipsacaceae Mimosaceae Sapindaceae

Agavaceae Droseraceae Monotropaceae Sarraceniaceae

Aizoaceae Elaeagnaceae Moraceae Saxifragaceae

Alismataceae Elatinaceae Myricaceae Scheuchzeriaceae

Amaranthaceae Empetraceae Myrtaceae Scrophulariaceae

Anacardiaceae Ericaceae Najadaceae Simaroubaceae

Apiaceae Eriocaulaceae Nymphaeaceae Solanaceae

Apocynaceae Euphorbiaceae Oleaceae Sparganiaceae

Aponogetonaceae Fabaceae Onagraceae Staphyleaceae

Aquifoliaceae Fagaceae Orchidaceae Tamaricaceae

Araceae Frankeniaceae Orobanchaceae Thymelaeaceae

Araliaceae Fumariaceae Oxalidaceae Tiliaceae

Aristolochiaceae Gentianaceae Paeoniaceae Tropaeolaceae

Asteraceae Geraniaceae Papaveraceae Typhaceae

Balsaminaceae Gesneriaceae Phytolaccaceae Ulmaceae

Berberidaceae Grossulariaceae Pittosporaceae Urticaceae

Betulaceae Gunneraceae Plantaginaceae Valerianaceae

Boraginaceae Haloragaceae Platanaceae Verbenaceae

Brassicaceae Hippocastanaceae Plumbaginaceae Violaceae

Bromeliaceae Hippuridaceae Poaceae Viscaceae

Buddlejaceae Hydrangeaceae Polemoniaceae Vitaceae

Butomaceae Hydrocharitaceae Polygalaceae Zannichelliaceae

Buxaceae Hydrophyllaceae Polygonaceae Zosteraceae

Callitrichaceae Iridaceae Pontederiaceae

Campanulaceae Juglandaceae Portulacaceae

Cannabaceae Juncaceae Potamogetonaceae

Caprifoliaceae Juncaginaceae Primulaceae

Caryophyllaceae Lamiaceae Pyrolaceae

Celastraceae Lauraceae Ranunculaceae

Ceratophyllaceae Lemnaceae Resedaceae

Chenopodiaceae Lentibulariaceae Rhamnaceae

Cistaceae Liliaceae Rosaceae

Clusiaceae Linaceae Rubiaceae

Commelinaceae Lythraceae Ruppiaceae

Convolvulaceae

Cornaceae

Corylaceae

Crassulaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Cuscutaceae

Cyperaceae