Organisation of the checklist - Data provided for each species

For each accepted taxon, listed in alphabetic order, the following data are provided (some being optional):

• the name;
• common synonyms, and synonyms found in the literature of the study area [for Belgium, the literature published after Duvigneaud & Giltay (1938), and for Luxembourg, that published after Koltz (1897) has been screened for synonyms; most synonyms published by Bouly de Lesdain in his papers from northern France are not yet included];
• known or presumed teleomorph or anamorph connections;
• ecology in the study area;
• distribution in the study area; the current knowledge is given by country (Belgium, Luxembourg, France) and within each country by phytogeographical districts;
• useful comments;
• literature pertinent to the study area.