:FloraBase

{{Short description|Online database of Western Australian flora}}

FloraBase is a public access web-based database of the flora of Western Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details. 1,272 alien taxa (naturalised weeds) are also recorded.{{cite web | url = http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3711957a9adcd395d9af5eb2482571f700340ddd/$file/conservation+and+land+management+ar+2005-06.pdf | title = 2005-06 Annual Report | pages = (p.61) | publisher = Department of Parks and Wildlife | access-date = 2007-02-05}}{{Citation | author1=Marchant, Neville | author2=Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management | title=Florabase : what is it? | publication-date=2001 | publisher=Dept. of Conservation & Land Management | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/161800974 | access-date=30 July 2022}}

The system takes data from datasets including the Census of Western Australian Plants and the Western Australian Herbarium specimen database of more than 803,000 vouchered plant collections.{{cite web | url = http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/intro | title = FloraBase – the Western Australian Flora | publisher = Department of Environment and Conservation | access-date = 2011-12-01 | archive-date = 2012-01-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120111174134/http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/intro | url-status = dead }}; in February 2007 this number was 650,000 It is operated by the Western Australian Herbarium within the Department of Parks and Wildlife. It was established in November 1998.{{Cite web |url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about |title=About FloraBase |access-date=2019-11-10 |archive-date=2019-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017184348/https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about |url-status=dead }}

In its distribution guide it uses a combination of IBRA version 5.1 and John Stanley Beard's botanical provinces.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}