Search — The Plant List (original) (raw)

Enter a Genus (eg Ocimum) or genus and species (eg Ocimum basilicum).

Help with searching scientific names

? will match a single character. * will match any number of characters. Use at least three letters in the genus name if you include a ? or *.

Examples of searches that will work

• Use Vicia faba to locate this name (and any infraspecific names associated with it).
• Use Schusterella to locate all names in this genus.
• Use Taxaceae to see the Taxaceae family page.
• Use Quercus a* to locate all names in the genus Quercus that have a species name beginning with the letter "a".
• Use Psilo* to locate all names in any genera which begin with the letters "Psilo".
• Use Orchis a????? to locate all names in the genus Orchis which have a species name of exactly six letters, the first of which is the letter "a".
• Use M?cro* to locate all names in any genera whose names begin with "Micro" or "Macro".
• Use http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295763-1 or 295763-1 to go directly to the name with that IPNI identifier.

Examples of searches that will not work

• La* is not a valid search string, since at least three letters are required when a ? or * is in the genus.
• Neither *ubus nor ?ubus are valid search strings since each begins with a wildcard.
• Using Vicia sativa var. sativa will return all names that would be found using Vicia sativa rather than just those infraspecific names matching the full string.