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Abstract
A complete guide to the rich flora of the metropolitan area of Rome (more than 1600 infrageneric taxa) was made available both as an online multi-entry query interface and as a stand-alone dichotomous key for mobile devices. From the general key, it will be possible to derive many smaller (and hence easier) guides to different parks and gardens of Rome, while teachers have been provided with additional software which permits them to create their own keys for any subset of species.
Acknowledgments
The project was carried out by a qualified partnership involving the National Academy of Sciences, called “dei XL”, Zètema Culture Project, the Department of Life Sciences University of Trieste (Project Dryades), the Department of Environmental Biology of Sapienza University of Rome and the Association of Natural Science Teachers. The project was also linked to the European LifeWatch initiative, through the Joint Research Unit LifeWatch-Italia (Department of Earth Sciences and Technologies for the Environment of the National Research Council).
Funding
This work was supported by the Italian Ministry of Education under the Law nr. 113/91 (6/2000) and by LifeWatch-Italia.