Database Content
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All Database content regarding plant taxonomy is concistent with the following two sources below:
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), is the authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. We are a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies (ITIS-North America); other organizations; and taxonomic specialists. ITIS is also a partner of Species 2000 and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The ITIS and Species 2000 Catalogue of Life (CoL) partnership is proud to provide the taxonomic backbone to the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
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Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium
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Florida State University's Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium is a museum-quality collection of over 220,000 plant and microalgae specimens. These document the distribution and natural variation of the 2,400 species of flowering plants, ferns, conifers, and cycads found in northern Florida-one of North America's biodiversity hotspots-and the microalgae of Florida's Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
ER Database - View Relationship Used in This Application
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This Entity Relationship illustrates how an existing plant in a server database will be "Viewed" by an End User who desires to identify a plant species by its morphological descriptors.
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Plant Species Embedded in This Application
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The following is a list of plants I worked with in my field biology internship with Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
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Note: The spreadsheet below does not reflect my exact Database. It illustrates the conceptual data association used during the initial brainstorming used to develop this application.
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