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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 - January 2009
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Could we please request your help
with tracing references that we've been unable to obtain. We have
been able to add some missing names and make some corrections as a
result of your help so far. If you have contact with any of the authors
involved, please let us, or them, know! List updated December 2008.
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Errors in page or volume number, title
or publication year which are spotted in the data and corrected during
the standardization process are listed in a table.
These are mostly scanning errors. If you come across more, please
let us know. Table last
updated 5 January 2009.
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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 were
corrected in December: tenuispiea (tenuispica), ensicuhferum (ensiculiferum),
lageniformia (lageniformis), christopheraenii (christophersenii),
mcdleyi (medleyi), buehananii (buchananii), zeyberi (zeyheri), mortchanii
(mortehanii), comprcsaa (compressa).
TIPS
January 09
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Remember IPNI's focus is purely nomenclatural. No opinions are given
on what are currently accepted names or synonyms. [See link to find
some sources of current names.]
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A hyperlink on author name or publication title in the detailed search
results indicates standardized format.
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Clicking on the IPNI icon in the top left hand corner of every page
in the website will take you back to the Home Page.
December 08
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You can use the Boolean
term 'OR' to search for records from two or more genera at once e.g.
'Poa OR Zea' finds all of the records of Poa and all of the records
of Zea in one search. The usual filter options e.g. by rank, author,
dataset etc. can be applied to a Boolean search.
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Use wildcards (*) in the author field if filtering your plant name
search by author. Around 18% of authors have not yet been checked
and linked and may not be in standard form.
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The IPNI home page is updated monthly, usually near the beginning
of each month, with information and search tips to help you get the
most out of the data. Check regularly to find out what is going on.
November 08
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Publication dates of the parts making up a single journal volume
often span a range of years.
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Until 1970 the only ranks listed in IK were genus and species. From
1971 all ranks from family down to infraspecific level are listed.
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Want to streamline your searches? Browse the search
tips page for ideas and examples.
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.
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Page last updated 5 January 2009
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