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Basic specification
 

Visible name Geographic origin Typical usage The places where this plant is thought to have originated from. Through several millennia of mankind's efforts this record is fairly obscure. Visible display type The Geographic origin is displayed using an unformatted text box.  More than one locality may be listed by separating the individual localities using semicolons. Data entry view Biodiversity view

Storage details
 

SQL name GeographicOrigin Storage type A text value up to 80 characters in length.

Import / export notes

When importing and exporting the column name for this item is GeographicOrigin.
When importing with the Merge option, the existing semicolon-separated values of this item will be merged with the values specified in the input file.
 

Action File type Notes Import Delimited file A semicolon-separated list of values. XML file ditto Export Delimited file Exported as it's stored -- as a semicolon separated list of values. XML file ditto

Publication templates

The replacement tag is <cb:GeographicOrigin>. The possible attributes for this tag are shown below. Values marked with an asterisk are used by default.
 

Attribute Possible values Notes text on * Show this name as it's stored. off Replace this tag with nothing.

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Last reviewed March 25, 2004   

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