Inventory of the Plants of Pakistan

该项目的主要目标是对巴基斯坦大约6000种维管植物进行全面清查。这将主要通过完成出版的《巴基斯坦植物志》的剩余家庭级治疗来实现，为该项目提供的所有资金都用于巴基斯坦植物学家及其国际合作者准备这些治疗，其中包括巴基斯坦的高级植物学家、共同首席研究员赛义德·阿里博士。203个家庭的治疗方案已经出版，只剩下10个待出版。然而，这些包括该地区的大科，如菊科、莎草科和玄参科，估计占所有物种的25%。由其他资金支持的工作将把公布的信息汇编到一个可上网访问的巴基斯坦所有植物物种的关系数据库中。该项目的最终目标是在一个较大但相对较少研究的南亚地区建立一个完整的现代植物区系，以及该地区第一个完整的植物区系数据库。巴基斯坦植物区系的完善是了解、管理和保护巴基斯坦生物多样性的重要第一步。该项目的信息将为科学家和政府官员提供资源管理的关键数据，包括选择优先保护的地区和用于恢复侵蚀控制和重新造林的植物。

The primary objective of this project is a comprehensive inventory of the approximately 6,000 vascular plant species of Pakistan. This will be accomplished primarily by completion of the remaining family-level treatments of the published Flora of Pakistan, and all funds granted for this project are directed toward preparation of those treatments by Pakistani botanists and their international collaborators, including Pakistan's senior botanist, Dr. Syed Ali, who is co-principal investigator. Treatments of 203 families are already in print, leaving only 10 to be published. However, these include large families for the region such as Asteraceae, Cyperaceae, and Scrophulariaceae, and include an estimated 25% of all the species. Work supported with other funding will assemble the published information in a web-accessible relational database of all plant species in Pakistan. The ultimate goal of the project is a complete modern flora of a large but relatively poorly studied region of South Asia, and the first complete floristic database for the region.Completion of the Flora of Pakistan is an essential first step to understanding, managing, and preserving the biodiversity of Pakistan. Information from the project will provide scientists and government officials with critical data for resource management, including selection of areas for conservation priority and of plants for use in restorations for erosion control and reforestation.