<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-4298</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Botanical Sciences]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Bot. sci]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-4298</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Botánica de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-42982023000200632</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17129/botsci.3223</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Kew&#8217;s "World Checklist of Vascular Plants" and its relevance to the knowledge of the flora of Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El &#8220;World Checklist of Vascular Plants&#8221; de Kew y su relevancia para el conocimiento de la flora de México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Murguía-Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Serrano-Estrada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bernardo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villaseñor]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Biología Unidad de Informática para la Biodiversidad]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Biología Departamento de Botánica]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,SERES Sistemas Especializados  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tecámac Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>101</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>632</fpage>
<lpage>653</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-42982023000200632&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-42982023000200632&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-42982023000200632&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background:  The 8th version of the "World Checklist of Vascular Plants" (WCVP) was recently published under the coordination of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It consists of a list of taxonomic names of species, genera, and families of vascular plants representing the most comprehensive and integrated list available today.  Questions:  How many accepted species does the WCVP include? Is the quality of the included information acceptable? How has the publication of worldwide species names evolved over time? Does the checklist include the species recorded for Mexico?  Studied species:  Worldwide species of vascular plants included in the WCVP.  Study site:  Worldwide and Mexico.  Methods:  A database was created based on the WCVP to answer the research questions. The number of genera and species by taxonomic status (accepted and synonyms) was quantified, some information quality tests were carried out, and the potential number of undiscovered species in the world was estimated using non-parametric techniques.  Results:  The WCVP contains 1,233,172 names, of which 418,737 are accepted. It is estimated that around 25 % more unknown species remain to be discovered in the world. The quality of the information contained in the WCVP is quite reliable and complete; only 3 % of Mexican species are not included in the WCVP.  Conclusions:  The WCVP synthesizes current taxonomic knowledge in an integrated manner and is useful for systematic and automated analyses. At the country level, at least for Mexico, it stands as an important reference source when attempting to understand and evaluate floristic knowledge.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes:  La versión 8 del &#8220;World Checklist of Vascular Plants&#8221; (WCVP) fue recientemente publicada bajo la coordinación de los Jardines Botánicos Reales de Kew. Es una lista de nombres científicos de especies, géneros y familias de plantas vasculares constituyendo la más amplia e integrada actualmente disponible.  Preguntas:  ¿Cuántas especies aceptadas incluye? ¿Cuál es su calidad? ¿Cómo ha evolucionado la publicación de los nombres de especies del mundo en el tiempo? ¿El WCVP incluye todas las especies reportadas para México?  Especies estudiadas:  Especies de plantas vasculares del mundo incluidas en el WCVP.  Lugar de estudio: Mundial y México.  Métodos: Con base en el WCVP se conformó una base de datos para contestar las preguntas planteadas. Se cuantificó el número de géneros y especies aceptadas y sinónimos, se realizaron algunas pruebas de calidad de la información y se estimó el número potencial de especies que faltan por descubrir en el mundo.  Resultados: El WCVP contiene 1,233,172 nombres, de los cuales 418,737 son aceptados. Se estima que queda alrededor de un 25 % adicional de especies por descubrir en el mundo. La calidad de la información contenida en el WCVP es bastante confiable y completa; solamente no incluye 3 % de las especies mexicanas conocidas.  Conclusiones: El WCVP sintetiza el conocimiento taxonómico actual de manera integrada y es útil para análisis sistemáticos y automatizados. A nivel de país, al menos para México, se destaca como una referencia de consulta importante cuando se pretende evaluar la riqueza florística.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Biodiversity informatics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biological databases]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[data quality control]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[floristics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Bases de datos biológicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[control de calidad de datos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[florística]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[informática de la biodiversidad]]></kwd>
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