Economic Botany Database

Flora of Croatia Usefull Plants

• User Manual: Flora Croatica Web Interface Ver. 2.0, January 2007.
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New Module in Flora Croatica Database

Accordingly to the data needfulness and existing Flora Croatica Database structure, the module for updating taxa about uses and economic values are developed, mostly following the structure suggested by TDWG. This concept is somewhat adapted and altered according to the inner claims, but only in the sense of its enhancements and augmentation of the functionality. For this new database module is than custom-made Internet interface to enable the most common browsing approach. The design follow up the visual identity of FCD. 

General Searching Recommendations

• Data searching is possible on every filed on searching form by entering::

• Family = name of family (familia) on Latin language, for example: Papaveraceae. The database contain list of 184 families of vascular flora of Croatia.

  Genus = name of genus (genus) on Latin language, for example Papaver. The database contain list of 1086 genera of vascular flora of Croatia.

  Species = name of species (species) on Latin language (specific epithet), for example: rhoeas. Full name contain also the abbreviation of taxon author(s), for example rhoeas L. The database contain list of 5509 species and subspecies of vascular flora of Croatia.

  Common name = common, public, name of some taxa, mostly on Croatian, but also on other languages (English, French, German, etc.). The database contain list of 17065 common names from which 14500 on Croatian. This part of data is dynamic one and the changes are probable.

   

• Form field "Species" enable searching only via specific epithet. Thus, for finding the particular species or subspecies it is necessarily to set up searching condition  also in the field "Genus”. In opposite, search string, for example, "officinalis" will result with list of all taxa, from different genra, having such specific epithet (Asparagus officinalis L., Borago officinalis L., Melissa officinalis L., etc.)
• Searching is possible via different fields in the same time
• Result of searching via multiple fields will be performed by logical "AND". In other words, the result will contain list of taxa matching all criteria.
• All fields are "not case sensitive"
• Browser use substitute of any part of word by sign "*"

Suggestions:

• Always use sign "*" after species name input (Species = officinalis*), because full name contain author(s) abbreviation(s), and by uses of mark "*" understand all possible author(s)
• Always use sign "*" after common name input, before and after searching string (Common name = *medic*), because searching string could be placed on different part of full common name
• It is suitably to use "*" with queries on genus or family name, when this names are long words. For example instead Family = Aristilochiaceae, it is enough to put Family = Aristilo* (there are no other families with this name beginning, a even so, in the result list the user could easy chose what they want – the possibility of wrong input is decreased.
• It is not possibly to find what is not there! Frustration "Why I don’t receive nothing for species xxxxx, when I know that this plant have intensive uses for yyyyyyy?" or "How that query on common name xxxxxxx result with no species, when everyone know that this is common name in yyyyyyy". The answer is – it is not in the database. Data input is constant, but far a way from readiness. All constructive information is welcome and will be processed with care, and authorship respected. 

Important note

The part of taxa with records on uses, some times with traditional uses, are in the same time threatened taxa. The contents of database and results of searching are not invitation for collecting plants, especially those threatened or/and protected by the Nature Protection Act (i.e. Mandragora officinarum L., Gentiana lutea L. ssp. symphyandra (Murb.) Hayek, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng., Arnica montana L., Daphne blagayana Freyer, Digitalis ferruginea L., Ilex aquifolium L., many orchids, etc).

Maintain by T. Nikolić.  Last changes 29.01.2007. In collaboration with CARNet.