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The data provided here have been extracted from the digital version of the Flora Europaea, the full version of which is held in the PANDORA taxonomic data base system at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Click here for instructions on searching this data set. To search the data set, enter one or more words from the scientific name in which you are interested into the appropriate fields of the form. For example, enter family names in the Family name field, Genus names in the Genus name field etc. The Taxon name field allows for searches at ranks not covered in the other fields eg subspecies, section etc. The Rank name field will return names at any given rank, eg. select genus from the popup list to restrict the hits to the rank genus. The results of the searches from each field will be combined using a logical AND. N.B. To lookup Gentiana acaulis L., enter: Gentiana in the genus name field, and acaulis in the Species name field.

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