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Abstract
This paper presents the role of the Italian National Biodiversity Network in making available biodiversity data from Italian Botanic Gardens at a national and international level. The case study of the Botanic Garden of Rome is presented explaining procedures and methods for collecting georeferenced data on living plant species and making them available through web-based applications.
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Acknowledgments
This paper was funded by the Italian Ministry of the Environment (MATTM) in the framework of the project “Sistema Ambiente 2010” for the development of the Italian National Biodiversity Network which is gratefully acknowledged. The planimetric map and the georeferencing of all plant species as well as the web-GIS application were carried out by Andrea Fantini, Edoardo Scepi, and Paolo Sandrea (Tecnostudi Ambiente s.r.l. – http://www.tecnostudiambiente.it/). A special thanks to Flavio Tarquini and the staff of the Botanical Garden of Rome for their support and for their knowledge sharing during the survey.