Background: Biannual Council meetings are held with the aim of developing a World Flora Online (WFO) in response to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2011-2020). Objectives: To report on the sixth WFO Council meeting held in Pretoria, South Africa, on November 2016. Method: A WFO Council meeting (preceded by Taxonomic and Technical Working Group meetings) was hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Pretoria. Results: Significant progress with the development of the WFO portal was made. Conclusion: The WFO portal will be launched at the International Botanical Congress in China in 2017.
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Marianne Le Roux, M., Klopper, R. R., Wyse Jackson, P. S., Loizeau, P. A., Victor, J. E., & Sebola, J. R. (2017). The sixth world flora online council meeting held in South Africa. Bothalia, 47(1). https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v47i1.2242
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