The Flora of Oklahoma Project
For the last 30 years the
Flora of Oklahoma
Editorial Committee, a group of professional botanists from around the
state, have spent one Saturday a month working on taxonomic
treatments of the
vascular plant flora of our state.
The editorial committee began an effort to write and
publish a modern floristic treatment for Oklahoma's vascular plants.
Initial steps included the establishment of an editorial board,
formation of a non-profit corporation, development of an editorial
format, production of a computerized database for families, solicitation
of contributors, and commencement of research and writing.
The result of the
committee’s hard work is a series of publications that has contributed
to the evolution of the Flora of
Oklahoma.
Outcome and Publications:
A complete set of keys to species, family
descriptions, illustrations of morphological characters, a glossary and
an index are available currently for the flora as a spiral bound volume
titled Flora of Oklahoma Keys and
Descriptions. When
completed, the Flora of Oklahoma
will include full descriptions and illustrations for each species of
vascular plants in the state of Oklahoma.
