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Yale Botany - Online Catalog

718 specimens available (historic Fenn Flora only); last updated 15 Jan 2009 05:55:39

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  TaxonName
  AuthorName
  HigherRanks
  Locality
  CollectorDate
  CommonName
  OtherAttributes

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You may search the online catalog by specific fields, or for a catalog number. Searches are case-insensitive; by default, any string in a field that contains a term renders that record a match. For example, asking for "margin" will match "Margin," "marginal," and so forth. You can also ask that terms be matched in their entirety. Prior to searching, characters that are neither numbers or letters are stripped away, and single-character terms discarded (except for catalog number). Terms are and-ed together in the search. Further details about the data appear below.


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Additional Notes on the Data

Only records from the historic Fenn Flora, mostly collected in the vicinity of New Haven, Connecticut, are currently available.

    CatalogNumber. In the Botany collection, specimens are catalogued with a one to six digit number (e.g., YPM 10219), occasionally followed by an upper case letter (e.g., YPM 10219A).

    TaxonName. Any of the latinized names that have been applied to the specimen.

    AuthorName. The author and/or date of publication for an applied taxon name.

    HigherRanks. The family and/or order of the most recently applied taxon name.

    Locality. A composite of the country, state (equivalent), county (or equivalent), place, and latitude & longitude, as available. Latitude & longitude are ordinarily given to the nearest minute.

    CollectorDate. The name of the collector(s) and the collection date(s).

    CommonName. Common name of the most recently applied taxon name, if available.

    OtherAttributes Other specimen attributes that are specific to the holdings of the Botany collection. A variety of keywords (in italics) that you might wish to use to limit searches are given below. Those listed under "OTHER" are available on the search form as pull-down menu options.

    • OTHER: undetermined = undetermined material, including specimens specifically indicated as such, and/or specimens determined no further than to the family level.


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