Métodos computarizados y algunas de sus aplicaciones al estudio de la flora de México

The use of computerized databases could be a viable alternative in the study of the flora of Mexico. However, very few articles have been published in Spanish about this area of research. This contribution is intended to provide an introduction to the field, with commentaries on the three types of databases most applicable to floristic studies. These are: 1) curatorial databases, concerned with the information from specimen labels; 2) bibliographic databases, containing reference to taxonomic literature, and 3) descriptive databases that permit the automatic production of identification aids of taxonomic descriptions derived from previously stored information.