List of Useful Plant species according to the State of the World's Plants report (RBG Kew, 2016)

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) published in 2016 the first State of the World's Plant report, with key statistics on plants. One of the highlights was the indication of at least 31,128 flowering plant species with a documented use. We provide here this list, including family, genus, full species name (with authors) and the level 1 of use, according to a simplified version of the economic botany data standards. Suggested citation: Diazgranados M., Allkin B., Black N., Canteiro C., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt M., Willis K. & Ulian T. 2018. List of Useful Plant species according to the State of the World`s Plants report (RBG Kew, 2016). Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.

英国皇家植物园（邱园，Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew，缩写RBG Kew）于2016年发布了首份《世界植物状况报告》（State of the World's Plants report），报告收录了全球植物的核心统计数据。其中一项核心亮点为，经文献记录具备实际用途的开花植物（flowering plant）物种至少达31128种。本数据集提供该物种列表，其依据简化版经济植物学（economic botany）数据标准，涵盖植物科、属、完整物种学名（含命名人）以及用途一级分类等级。建议引用格式：Diazgranados M.、Allkin B.、Black N.、Canteiro C.、Eastwood R.、Hargreaves S.、Hudson A.、Milliken W.、Nesbitt M.、Willis K. 与 Ulian T. 2018. 《依据2016年邱园世界植物状况报告编制的有用植物物种列表》（"List of Useful Plant species according to the State of the World's Plants report (RBG Kew, 2016)"），生物复杂性知识网络（Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity）。