This search procedure is adapted from code provided by the
University of Wisconsin Department of Botany.
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Notes on Searching:
- The search is not case sensitive.
- The contents of the search fields (family, genus, species, and
common name) are combined with "and" so that the search results must match every
field containing text.
- The family, genus, and species fields are automatically "wildcarded"
at the end of the search field; therefore, the query will select all names beginning
with only the letters entered. For example, typing "ace" in the family field will
result in a query which will select only taxa in the Aceraceae, and not taxa
in all the other families ending in ---aceae.
- The common name field is automatically "wildcarded" at the
beginning and end of the search field; therefore, the query will match
any name containing the string of letters entered. For example, typing "garlic"
will match both "garlic mustard" and "cultivated garlic". To avoid punctuation problems
such as hyphens, apostrophes, spaces, etc., it is best to search on the simplest
word. For example "lady" would match lady's slipper, ladyslipper, and lady's-slipper.
- Selecting a keyword from the list will limit the search to images
associated with that keyword.
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