How to Cite Us

If you find the database useful for your work, please mention it when citing sources of information. It may be cited as:

WCSP (Current Year). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Retrieved **.'

If you would like to cite the families individually, please use the following format:

'Compiler(s), Reviewers(s) (Current Year). World Checklist of [Add Family]. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Retrieved **.'

The family reviewer and family compiler can be determined from the reviewer and compiler table.

EXAMPLE (Arecaceae)
Govaerts, R., Dransfield, J., Zona, S.F, Hodel, D.R. & Henderson, A. (2011). World Checklist of Arecaceae. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Retrieved 2011-01-22

**(Please ensure that the year and date of accession reflects the date for your use of the system, e.g. 2011-01-22)

For citations in WIKIPEDIA and WIKISPECIES the following format is suggested: as Template:WCSP {{WCSP|year|month|day}}

citation in the text: {{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/|title=WCSP |work= World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}

citation of external link: *{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/|title=WCSP |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}

Please ensure that the year and date of accession reflects the date for your use of the system, e.g. if you accessed WCSP on 22 January 2011, please insert "|accessdate=2011-01-22" between the word "Families" and "}}".