Search Australian Plant Image Index - Australian Plant Information

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The Australian Plant Image Index (APII) is part of a much larger database of botanical information
managed by the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

A simple search mechanism with less fields is available, we suggest you start with that.

There is an even more restricted search for digitised images only.

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(% = wildcard, e.g. Rut% lepto%; ! = not, e.g. !ACT;
most fields are case sensitive)

PHOTOGRAPH

(shows a thumbnail if a digitized image exists)

CLASS

(alpha part of the Photo registration number)

(numeric part of the Photo registration number)

FAMILY

(first 5 CAPITAL letters of family name, ie PROTE = Proteaceae)

GENUS

SPECIES

INFRASP_RANK

(s = subsp. v = var. f = forma)

INFRASP

QUALIFIER

CULTIVAR

(cultivar name, without inverted commas)

HERB_CODE

(CANB, CBG, or ANBG, part of alpha-numeric propagation number for ANBG)

ACC_NO

(the number part of the alpha-numeric propagation number for ANBG)

LINKS

(links photo to herbarium specimens or living ANBG plant)

DATE_TAKEN

(DDMMYY)

DESCRIPTION

(descriptive notes adding to the photo's plant name)

FLOWERS

(tick to restrict search to photos showing flowers)

FRUIT

(tick to restrict search to photos showing fruit)

BARK

(tick to restrict search to photos showing bark)

LEAVES

(tick to restrict search to photos showing only leaves)

CLOSE_UP

(tick to restrict search to close-up photos)

PART_PLANT

(tick to restrict search to photos showing part of plant)

WHOLE_PLANT

(tick to restrict search to photos showing whole plants)

TREE

(tick to restrict search to photos showing trees)

HABITAT

(tick to restrict search to photos showing habitat)

HERBARIUM

(tick to restrict search to photos of herbarium sheets)

SCALE

(tick to restrict search to 35mm slides showing magnification ratio)

PH_COPY

(photographer owns copyright)

ANBG_COPY

(ANBG owns copyright)

OTHER_COPY

(some other party owns copyright)

WILD_CULT

(whether wild (W) or cultivated (C) plant)

PHOTOGRAPHER

(best to use: %Surname% )

NOTES

(miscellaneous information)

SPECIES_X

COLLECTOR

(collector of herbarium voucher for photo)

FIELD_NUMBER

(field number for herbarium voucher for photo)

COUNTRY_CODE

REGION_CODE

LOCALITY

(where photograph was taken)

COLLECTION_NAME

(A collection of photos forming a sub-set within the Photo Index)

PHOTO_CD_ID

(serial number or name of CD storage disk)

CD_PHOTO_ID

(file-name of image on CD storage disk)

Plant name

Search from a list of plant names
Enter list of names without author,
each on a new line, or separated by a comma, .
Use '%' as wildcard, start with '% ' or '%' on a line by itself to auto wildcard listed names.
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