Dr Alan Elliott

Dr Alan Elliott, Biodiversity Conservation Network Manager

For the World Flora Online I manage and facilitate the inclusion of classification data in the World Flora Online's taxonomic backbone from Taxonomic Expert Networks (TENs). This includes TENs based in Edinburgh: Begonia, Conifers, Dipterocarpaceae, Ericaceae, Gesneriaceae, Irvingiaceae, Putranjivaceae, Sapotaceae and Solanaceae.

https://about.worldfloraonline.org/

Working closely with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and our International partners, I support and organise activities for the Global Conservation Consortium for Rhododendron. Our focus currently are Red List assessments of the ca 1100 species of Rhododendron to prioritise conservation action and target most threatened species in the genus.

https://www.bgci.org/our-work/networks/global-conservation-consortia-gcc/

I also manage the curation of the Ericaceae for the World Flora Online taxonomic backbone.

https://padme.rbge.org.uk/ericaceae/welcome

Publications

Moonlight, P. W., Baldaszti, L., Cardoso, D., Elliott, A., Särkinen, T., & Knapp, S. (2024). Twenty years of big plant genera. In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Vol. 291, Issue 2023). The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0702

Mambrasar, Y. M., Elliott, A. C., & Cameron, K. M. (2024). Two new species of Vireya Rhododendron (Ericaceae), from Tambrauw, Papua, Indonesia. In Nordic Journal of Botany (Vol. 2024, Issue 12). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04545

Elliott, A. C., Bester, S. P., Klopper, R. R., Nelson, E. C., & Pirie, M. D. (2024). Curating an online checklist for Erica L. (Ericaceae): contributing to and supporting global conservation through the World Flora Online. In PhytoKeys (Vol. 243, pp. 121–135). Pensoft Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.121555

Yin, Z.-H., Li, Y.-F., Li, K., Gong, Y., Zhaxiciren, Elliott, A., Gu, J., Han, Y.-P., & Li, L.-M. (2022). Tyrosinase inhibition of major secondary metabolites isolated from endangered Meconopsis bhutanica Tosh.Yoshida & Grey-Wilson. In Industrial Crops and Products (Vol. 186, p. 115280). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115280

Rafidah, A. R., & Elliott, A. (2022). RHODODENDRON BENOMENSE RAFIDAH & A.C.ELLIOTT (ERICACEAE), A NEW NAME FOR RHODODENDRON OBSCURUM SLEUMER, A SPECIES ENDEMIC TO PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. In Edinburgh Journal of Botany (Vol. 79, pp. 1–4). Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2022.413

Borsch T, Berendsohn W, Dalcin E, Delmas M, Demissew S, Elliott A, Fritsch P, Fuchs A, Geltman D, Güner A, Haevermans T, Knapp S, Roux MM, Loizeau P, Miller C, Miller J, Miller J, Palese R, Paton A, Parnell J, Pendry C, Qin H, Sosa V, Sosef M, Raab‐Straube E, Ranwashe F, Raz L, Salimov R, Smets E, Thiers B, Thomas W, Tulig M, Ulate W, Ung V, Watson M, Jackson PW, Zamora N (2020) World Flora Online: Placing taxonomists at the heart of a definitive and comprehensive global resource on the world's plants. Taxon 69 (6): 1311‑1341. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12373

WFO Plant List and Data Releases

The World Flora Online Consortium, Elliott, A., Hyam, R., Watson, M., Wrankmore, E., Hartley, H., Krieger, J., Gandhi, K., Almeida, R.F.D., Anderson, G., Andrella, G.C., Anguiano, M., Antonio-domingues, H., Ardi, W.H., Atkins, H., Atwood, J.J., Aubriot, X., Baker, W., Balan, A.P., Barberá, P., Bartolucci, F., Berendsohn, W.G., Bernal, R.J.B., Bonifacino, M., Borges, L., Brinda, J.C., Brown, G., Bruneau, A., Bunchalee, P., Cabral, F.N., Calonje, M., Camfield, R., Cardoso, D., Carvalho, C.S.D., Chatrou, L., Chen, J., Chiarini, F., Choo, L.M., Costa, D.S., Couvreur, T., Cronk, Q., Crowley, D., Culham, A., Darbyshire, I., Docot, R.V., Duan, L., Dupin, J., Durán, J.D.T., Egan, A.N., Elvebakk, A., Erkens, R. h. j., Escallón, E.V., Espejo-serna, A., Estrella, M. de la, Falcão, M., Franck, A., Fritsch, P., Gagnon, E., Galasso, G., Galdo, G.G.D., German, D., Giacomin, L., Girmansyah, D., Gissi, D.S., Gladitsch, H., Gonzáles, P., Gouvêa, Y., Govaerts, R.H.A., Gregório, B., Guerrero, P.C., Haegi, L., Haevermans, T., Hanes, M., Harris, D.J., Hilario, R.F., Hopkins, H.F., Hopper, S., Hoyos, D., Hu, L., Hughes, M., Iganci, J., J.g., Rando, Jara-muñoz, O.A., Javadi, F., Jiang, K.-W., Jiménez-mejías, P., Johnson, D., Jordão, L.S.B., Keller, H., Kiefer, M., Kilian, N., Klitgaard, B., Klopper, R. r., Knapp, S., Koch, M., Korotkova, N., Köhler, M., Larridon, I., Lavandero, N., Lavin, M., Leong-skornickova, J., Lewis, G., Liede-schumann, S., Lima, A.G.D., Lopes, J.C., Lucas, E., Maas, P., Malekmohammadi, M., Mambrasar, Y., Marasinghe, L., Martine, C., Maslin, B., Melchor-castro, R.B., Mering, S.V., Metzing, D., Meve, U., Miller, J.T., Moeller, M., Monro, A.K., Monteiro, T.C.E., Moonlight, P., Morais, I., Morales, J.F., Moreira-munoz, A., Muellner-riehl, A., Murphy, D., Mustaqim, W.A., Müller, A., Nelson, C., Nersesyan, A., Newman, M., Nitta, J., Orejuela, A., Ortiz-rodriguez, A.E., Osborne, R., Pandey, A., Pellegrini, M.O.O., Pennington, T., Pezzini, F.F., Pinto, R., Pirie, M.D., Poczai, P., Poulsen, A.D., Puglisi, C., Péchon, T.L., Queiroz, L.P.D., Quintanar, A., Rainer, H., Rakotonirina, N., Ramos, G., Rankin, D., Rapini, A., Raz, L., Rodda, M., Rodrigues, R.S., Rojas-andrés, B.M., Rothfels, C., Roux, M.M.L., Sampaio, V.D.S., Santilli, L., Schlumpberger, B., Schneider, H., Schneider, J.V., Schuettpelz, E., Seah, W.W., Shimizu, G., Silva, R.C., Simon, M., Skema, C., Smith, S., Sokoloff, D., Sotuyo, S., Stevenson, D., Stirton, C., Straub, S., Strijk, J.S., Sánchez, D., Särkinen, T., Tebbitt, M., Tepe, E., Thomas, D.C., Thornhill, A.H., Thulin, M., Trad, R., Trias-blasi, A., Vorontsova, M. (Bat) S., Wang, H.-F., Webb, C., Wedel, L.V.V., Wilding, N., Wilson, H., Winslow, S., Zamora-tavares, P., Zhang, C.-F., Zhang, R., & Zizka, G. 2024. World Flora Online Plant List December 2024 (Version 2024-12) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14538251

The World Flora Online Consortium, Elliott, A., Hyam, R., Watson, M., Wrankmore, E., Hartley, H., Krieger, J., Gandhi, K., Anderson, G., Andrella, G.C., Anguiano, M., Ardi, W.H., Atkins, H., Atwood, J.J., Aubriot, X., Baker, W., Balan, A.P., Barberá, P., Bartolucci, F., Berendsohn, W.G., Bonifacino, M., Borges, L., Brinda, J.C., Brown, G., Bruneau, A., Bunchalee, P., Cabral, F.N., Calonje, M., Camfield, R., Cardoso, D., Carvalho, C.S.D., Chen, J., Chiarini, F., Choo, L.M., Couvreur, T., Crowley, D., Duan, L., Durán, J.D.T., Egan, A.N., Eggli, U., Erkens, R. h. j., Escallón, E.V., Espejo-serna, A., Estrella, M. de la, Falcão, M., Franck, A., Fritsch, P., Gagnon, E., Galasso, G., Galdo, G.G.D., Giacomin, L., Girmansyah, D., Gissi, D.S., Gonzáles, P., Gouvêa, Y., Govaerts, R.H.A., Gregório, B., Guerrero, P.C., Haegi, L., Haevermans, T., Harris, D.J., Hilario, R.F., Hopkins, H.F., Hopper, S., Hu, L., Hughes, M., Iganci, J., J.g., Rando, Jara-muñoz, O.A., Javadi, F., Jiang, K.-W., Jiménez-mejías, P., Johnson, D., Jordão, L.S.B., Keller, H., Kilian, N., Klitgaard, B., Klopper, R. r., Knapp, S., Korotkova, N., Köhler, M., Larridon, I., Lavandero, N., Lavin, M., Leong-skornickova, J., Lewis, G., Liede-schumann, S., Lima, A.G.D., Lopes, J.C., Malekmohammadi, M., Martine, C., Maslin, B., Mering, S.V., Metzing, D., Meve, U., Miller, J.T., Moeller, M., Monteiro, T.C.E., Moonlight, P., Morales, J.F., Moreira-munoz, A., Murphy, D., Mustaqim, W.A., Müller, A., Nelson, C., Nersesyan, A., Newman, M., Nitta, J., Orejuela, A., Pandey, A., Pellegrini, M.O.O., Pennington, T., Pinto, R., Pirie, M.D., Poulsen, A.D., Puglisi, C., Queiroz, L.P.D., Quintanar, A., Rainer, H., Rakotonirina, N., Ramos, G., Rapini, A., Rodda, M., Rodrigues, R.S., Roux, M.M.L., Sampaio, V.D.S., Santilli, L., Schlumpberger, B., Schneider, J.V., Seah, W.W., Shimizu, G., Silva, R.C., Simon, M., Smith, S., Sokoloff, D., Sotuyo, S., Stirton, C., Straub, S., Strijk, J.S., Sánchez, D., Särkinen, T., Tebbitt, M., Tepe, E., Thomas, D.C., Thulin, M., Trad, R., Trias-blasi, A., Vorontsova, M. (Bat) S., Wang, H.-F., Wilding, N., Wilson, H., Zamora-tavares, P., Zhang, C.-F., Zhang, R., & Zizka, G. 2024. World Flora Online Plant List June 2024 (Version 2024-06) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.12171908

The World Flora Online Consortium, Elliott, A., Hyam, R., Ulate, W., Watson, M., Anderson, G., Andrella, G. carlos, Anguiano, M., Ardi, W. handoyo, Atkins, H., Atwood, J. j., Aubriot, X., Baker, W., Balan, A. puthuparampil, Bartolucci, F., Berendsohn, W. g., Bonifacino, M., Borges, L., Brinda, J. c., Brown, G., Bruneau, A., Cardoso, D., Carvalho, C. silva de, Chiarini, F., Couvreur, T., Crowley, D., Duan, L., Durán, J. david tovar, Egan, A. n, Eggli, U., Escallón, E. valderrama, Estrella, M. de la, Falcão, M., Franck, A., Fritsch, P., Gagnon, E., Galasso, G., Galdo, G. giusso del, Giacomin, L., Girmansyah, D., Gissi, D. soares, Gonzáles, P., Gouvêa, Y., Govaerts, R. herman anna, Gregório, B., Guerrero, P. c., Haegi, L., Haevermans, T., Harris, D. j., Hilario, R. fernandez, Hopkins, H. fortune, Hua-feng, Hughes, M., Iganci, J., J.g., Rando, Jara-muñoz, O. adolfo, Javadi, F., Jiang, K., Jiménez-mejías, P., Jordão, L. sá barreto, Keller, H., Klitgaard, B., Klopper, R. r., Korotkova, N., Köhler, M., Larridon, I., Lavandero, N., Leong-skornickova, J., Lewis, G., Liede-schumann, S., Lima, A. gibau de, Martine, C., Maslin, B., Mering, S. von, Metzing, D., Meve, U., Miller, J. t., Moeller, M., Moonlight, P., Morales, J. francisco, Moreira-munoz, A., Murphy, D., Mustaqim, W. a., Müller, A., Nelson, C., Nersesyan, A., Newman, M., Orejuela, A., Pandey, A., Pellegrini, M. o. o., Pennington, T., Pinto, R., Pirie, M. d., Poulsen, A. dalberg, Puglisi, C., Quintanar, A., Rakotonirina, N., Ramos, G., Rapini, A., Rodda, M., Rodrigues, R. schütz, Roux, M. marianne le, Sampaio, V. da silva, Santilli, L., Schlumpberger, B., Schneider, J. v., Silva, R. costa, Simon, M., Smith, S., Sokoloff, D., Sotuyo, S., Stirton, C., Straub, S., Strijk, J. sergej, Sánchez, D., Tebbitt, M., Tepe, E., Thomas, D. caspar, Thulin, M., Trad, R., Vorontsova, M. (bat) s., Wilding, N., Wilson, H., Zamora-tavares, P., Zhang, R., & Zizka, G. 2023. World Flora Online Plant List December 2023 (Version 2023-12) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.10425161

Consortium, T. W. F. O., Elliott, A., Hyam, R., & Ulate, W. (2023). World Flora Online Plant List June 2023 (Version 2023-06) [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.8079052

Consortium, T. W. F. O., Elliott, A., Hyam, R., Ulate, W., Katabathuni, S., Miller, C., & Watson, M. (2022). World Flora Online Checklist, December 2022 (Version 2022-12) [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7467360

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