Annals of Botany 2006 97(2):305-306; doi:10.1093/aob/mcj035
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Interactive flora of the British Isles: a digital encyclopedia.
Stace C, van der Meijden R, Kort I. 2004.
University of Amsterdam: ETI(Expert Center for TaxonomicIdentification). £37.50 (DVD-ROM).
Peter Gasson
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This DVD-ROM is
a computerized version of Clive Stace's
New Flora of the British Isles (1997, Cambridge University Press), with distribution
maps from the
New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (Preston
et al., 2002, Oxford University Press). In addition, the DVD
has more than 6500 colour photographs by 100 different photographers
and over 2000 line drawings, mostly from the flora but also
from BSBI Handbooks, Watsonia and BSBI News (all publications
of the Botanical Society of the British Isles). All the vascular
plants (pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms) in the region
are covered, i.e. 3525 species in 166 families. The DVD enables
the user to identify virtually any plant growing in
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