In 2021, the Plant Science Data Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences was recognized by the Data center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, integrated into the unified management of the data center system of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It established a comprehensive platform integrating data aggregation, quality control, mining and analysis, and sharing services in the field of plant science. It gathers macro plant science data from more than 200 research institutes and educational institutions such as resource banks, monitoring networks and botanical gardens.

Core data

2.1 Species holographic database

A comprehensive database of the whole life cycle of species

Flora with the largest number of recorded species in the world (38,000)

The only National Biological Species List updated annually (since 2006)

World's largest plant classification image library (18 million)

National Authoritative Botanical Specimen Database (10.91 million)

World's largest plant DNA barcoding database (100,000 species of plants)

Accurate distribution database of plant species

"aiplant" plant species intelligent identification system

2.2 Big data of vegetation ecology

Vegetation Classification and Characteristics, Spatial Pattern and Dynamic Database:

Vegetation of China (estimated data of more than 20,000 vegetation quadrates)

Vegetation Map of China (1:1,000,000, the world's first largest and most complete vegetation map); A New generation of China Vegetation Map that can be dynamically Updated Driven by Big Data (1:500,000)

Long-term location detection data of vegetation and ecosystem (1 million pieces)

Long-term Monitoring Data of Biodiversity in China (10 million pieces)

Research thematic data (carbon and nitrogen cycle, productivity, phenology, functional shape of vegetation, tree rings, root system, etc.)

2.3 Big Data for ex situ conservation

The most comprehensive plant ex situ conservation database in China

Botanical Garden Institution database: 162 botanical gardens in China

Plant Information Management System: Introduction No. 181753, live plant records 339,346, ex situ conservation of over 3,000 rare endangered plants, supporting the compilation and research of Ex Situ Flora of China, minimal population conservation and return

"Botanical Garden tour" intelligent botanical garden management and tour system