Checklist of vascular plants indicated for Lugansk Oblast in Sosudistye Rasteniya Yugo-Vostoka Ukrainy (Ostapko et al., 2010): accepted names

A list of the tracheophyte names accepted in "Sosudistye Rasteniya Yugo-Vostoka Ukrainy" [= Vascular Plants of the south-east of Ukraine] (Ostapko et al., 2010) and indicated for Lugansk Oblast. The dataset was compiled as a first step towards further processing of the modern checklist for Lugansk People's Republic, Russia.Stable archival version (not edited, not curated).The dataset includes 1,666 accepted species names. Questionable records of 14 species (i.e. Pulsatilla ucrainica (Ugr.) Wissjul., Papaver dubium L., Dianthus deltoides L., Caroxylon laricinum (Pall.) Tzvelev, Erysimum pannonicum Crantz, Sisymbrium orientale L., Malva pulchella Bernh., Astragalus dasyanthus Pall., Polygala major Jacq., Orobanche sarmatica Kotov, Stachys czernjaevii Des.-Shost., Carex ericetorum Poll., Carex hordeistichos Vill., Carex omskiana Meinsh.) were excluded.Several minor orthographic errors in either scientific names or their authors were corrected manually. Some names were not automatically cross-linked with the GBIF backbone.