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About IPNI
The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names
and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and
fern allies. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference
to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names.
The data are freely available and are gradually being standardized and
checked. IPNI will be a dynamic resource, depending on direct contributions
by all members of the botanical community.
IPNI is the product of a collaboration between The Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard
University Herbaria, and the
Australian National Herbarium
NEWS - October 2008
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Please let us know if you
come across scanning errors, particularly in plant names. There are
still a lot lurking there. Here are a few examples of some that have
been corrected very recently: japonioa (japonica), peliocephalum (poliocephalum),
andamancnsis (andamanensis), tasbiroi (tashiroi), scheuchxeri (scheuchzeri).
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See links page for a
selection of sites that you may find useful, like electronic sites
of Botany, Plant Biology
and Science Journals, BPH-2
online, ICBN (2006)
and more.
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A 7th supplement to Stafleu and Cowan's Taxonomic Literature, 2nd
edition, was published in July 2008:
Dorr, L.J. and Dan H. Nicolson. Taxonomic Literature. A selective
guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries
and types. Supplement 7 (F-Frer). [ISBN 978-3-906166-65-0]
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Add IPNI quick search to your browser's list of search engines. A
SEARCH TOOL is available which works with Firefox or IE7 and is simple
to install. Learn more about it. Click
here
to install.
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If you're unable to get IE7 or Firefox you can use the handy browser
buttons in IE6. These buttons show up at the top of your browser near
the address bar and act as quick access links. See updated installation
instructions.
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Generic names in current use have been assigned to the appropriate
Brummitt family (see Understanding
the data). Standardization of the remaining generic names continues.
TIPS
October 08
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Want to see new names added since last year, last month, last week
or yesterday? You can do this by searching
by additional terms. Search must be limited by at least one term,
like family, genus, author. Find
out more.
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A hyperlink on author or publication title in the detailed search
results indicates standardized format.
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If you find IPNI useful, please mention it when citing sources of
information. It can be cited as 'The International Plant Names Index
(2008). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org [accessed 1
March 2008]*. *[Replace this date with the appropriate date for your
use of the database]
September 08
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IPNI's focus is purely nomenclatural. No opinions are given on what
are currently accepted names or synonyms. [See link to find a selection
of sources of current names.]
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You can highlight recent additions to the errors
table if you use Firefox, by going to the Edit menu, selecting
"Find" then adding your criterion, e.g. '2007-08', to the toolbar
that appears near the botton of the screen.
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If you have difficulty finding a name which has a compound specific
epithet, e.g. Pereskia
opuntiiflora, try replacing the connecting vowels with a wildcard.
We are working on correcting such epithets. Find out more in ICBN
(2006), Art.
60.8 and Rec.
60G.
August 08
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To find recently published names of plants found in Bolivia, for
example, use the advanced
search page filling in the 'Country' field and the 'Added since'
field. [To date 49 new records from Bolivia have been added since
1 Jan 2008.]
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If you are interested in searching only at the rank of genus use
Quick Search or, to
reduce the number of clicks required, use the browser
plugin. Remember that these searches are case sensitive. You could
of course, select 'Generic' from the Show Ranks box under Extended
Options at the bottom of the search form.
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The search results are sorted by family by default. If you would
like them to be ordered by genus, deselect 'Sort by family'.
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