. ▁ ▁The ▁Global ▁Plant ▁Check list ▁was ▁its ▁first ▁objective ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁all ▁plants ▁by ▁mer ging ▁data ▁from ▁existing ▁sources . ▁This ▁required ▁development ▁of ▁data ▁standards ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁international ▁co - operation , ▁starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁▁ ▁Later ▁a ims ▁included ▁the ▁Species ▁Plant ar um ▁Project ▁to ▁record ▁tax onom ic ▁information ▁about ▁all ▁the ▁v asc ular ▁plants ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Its ▁dataset ▁was ▁later ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁the ▁Catalogue ▁of ▁Life . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Organ izations ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁Category : Pl ant ▁tax onomy <0x0A> </s> ▁Paul ▁K ip kem oi ▁Ch el imo ▁( born ▁October ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 0 ) ▁is ▁a ▁Ken yan - American ▁soldier ▁and ▁track ▁and ▁field ▁ath lete . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Olympic ▁silver ▁medal ist ▁at ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁meters . ▁ ▁Career ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Ch el imo ▁initially ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁to ▁run ▁for ▁Sh orter ▁College ▁where ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁meters ▁and ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁winning ▁distance ▁med ley ▁relay ▁team ▁as ▁Sh orter ▁won ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁NA IA ▁National ▁Ind oor ▁Championship . ▁ ▁Later ▁that ▁year , ▁Sh orter ▁won ▁the ▁NA IA ▁Men ' s ▁Out door ▁Track ▁and ▁Field ▁Championship ▁as ▁Ch el imo ▁won ▁the