FROM REVIEW:
World Geographical Scheme
HISPID 3 (wgs): World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions by S. Hollis and R.K. Brummitt. - Plant Taxonomic Database Standards No. 2, Version 1.0 (1992).
HISPID 2015: Proposed for removal
Note: there are cases where collectors indicate the region of collection that does not map to a country (e.g, Himalayas)
AaronWilton
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9 years ago
FROM REVIEW: World Geographical Scheme HISPID 3 (wgs): World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions by S. Hollis and R.K. Brummitt. - Plant Taxonomic Database Standards No. 2, Version 1.0 (1992). HISPID 2015: Proposed for removal
Note: there are cases where collectors indicate the region of collection that does not map to a country (e.g, Himalayas)