The Identification View is used for all entries to identify the botanical,
common and family names of the plant.
Item
Notes
1
Genus
The first letter must be capitalized.
2
Species
All lower case letters.
This may also be the keyword "ssp." to
indicate that this record refers to all species of this genus.
3
Variety
The horticultural variety -or-
the subspecies if prefixed by the keyword "spp."
4
Cultivar
The cultivar name will automatically appear in single quotes and in a
non-italicized font. Do not add the single quotes yourself.
5
Common names
These names are automatically supplied when you type in the genus,
species and variety.
6
Family
This name is automatically supplied when you type in the genus.
7
Specimen number
A consecutive number to help herbariums to track individual specimen.
8
Data source
A reference to where the data for this plant was originally obtained.
9
Uncertain taxonomy
Automatically checked if the genus and species cannot be found in the
taxonomic checklist. If you are sure this is a valid name, you can
override this checkmark.
