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E.g. Wilson_RC, Myrtaceae, Rhododend*

Enter one or more terms to search across the entire reference. The more terms you enter, the narrower your search - so for example, searching on Kenya Aloe will retrieve references mentioning both Kenya and Aloe. Don't enter any punctuation or brackets, and use the wild card character (*) to search for partial words.

To search for references by a particular author just enter his or her surname (eg Wilson).

To narrow the search use his or her initials (as Wilson_RC, or "Wilson RC" or simply Wilson RC).

If you don't know the full initials you can use a wild card search such as Wilson_R*

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