Downloads from aggregators
CoL Downloads
The entire CoL in its latest version can be downloaded from https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/download in ColDP Archive. Darwin Core Archive, ACEF Archive, or TextTree format. ChecklistBank also offers partial downloads, this requires a free GBIF user account.
WFO Downloads
Downloads of WFO-Data are available for the published versions (currently 6-monthly updates, published via ZENODO, with DOI). The current version can be found under “Are you in the right place” on https://list.worldfloraonline.org/index.php. The following formats are available: • wfo_plantlist_2022-12.zip The Catalogue of Life Data Package of the WFO Plant List. This is the most expressive standards based form of the list. • plant_list_2022-12.json.zip JSON formatted version of the WFO Plant List. This has been designed for direct import into a schemaless instance of a SOLR index and is used to drive the WFO Plant List API (https://list.worldfloraonline.org) which in turn drives the WFO Plant List in the portal. This is recommended if you want a local, read only version of the list rather than use the API. • plant_list_2022-12.sql.gz This is the complete production database (minus logging data and API keys) as a MySQL backup file. It can be restored directly to a MySQL 5.7 or later instance if you require the list in SQL format. • ipni_to_wfo.csv.gz A file mapping all the IPNI IDs we track to their associated WFO IDs. • families_dwc.tar.gz Individual Darwin Core Archive files for each of 718 recognized families. If you want a single family in DwC but can't load the whole list download and expand this file. Family and genus files are also available for download through the portal. • _DwC_backbone_R.zip A single Darwin Core Archive file containing non deprecated names and taxa for use in the existing R package. • _uber.zip A single Darwin Core Archive file containing all names and taxa even those that are deprecated along with some extra columns
