About

PlantsMap – Plants of the World – is a map on which every country has its most important plants: at least five, and more in large countries and those richest in nature. National symbols, the species that shape the landscape, and the plants without which it is hard to imagine the local cuisine or culture.

countries

200

species

781

How we choose the plants

Symbols come first – national flowers and trees, and plants that appear on coats of arms and flags. Then the species that do most to shape the landscape, and those that matter for the country’s culture or economy. For each plant we mark on the map the regions where it grows naturally or is cultivated.

The site is also available in Polish, as Rośliny świata – the original edition, previously at flora.ominuvo.com. The English texts were translated from the Polish descriptions written by our editors; plant names follow common English usage, with the scientific (Latin) name always given.

Privacy

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Sources

• Country and region borders: Natural Earth (public domain).
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons under free licences – the author and licence are given under each photo. Where no free photo exists, we show an illustration.
• Descriptions: written by our editors on the basis of generally available botanical literature; English plant names checked against Wikidata and the English Wikipedia.