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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Brazil to create 'botanical [b]Wikipedia' to catalogue the Amazon[/b]
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Brazil is to create a 'botanical Wikipedia' in attempt to catalogue thousands of plant species in the Amazon for future generations. By Robin Yapp, Sao Paulo The website, which will be called Wikiflora.org, is intended to allow high-school students and ...



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Isn't that what Wikispecies is for?

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Isn't that what Wikispecies is for?

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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Brazil to create 'botanical [b]Wikipedia' to catalogue Amazon's biodiversity[/b]
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Brasilia, June 21 (ANI): Brazil is planning to create a 'botanical Wikipedia' in order to catalogue thousands of plant species in the Amazon for future generations. The website, which will be called Wikiflora.org, would allow high-school students and ...

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