GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

Introduction

These are two utility programs which have been developed so that a user can check the Nomenclatural validity of a either a botanical species or a cultivar. The user is asked a series of questions regarding the name and its publication and is informed as to whether this agrees with the the international codes governing these names. These programs have been developed by the staff of the Grass section at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Click on the following link to download ICBN.

Click on the following link to download CultCode.

Both files are .zip files. Use WinZip or a similar program to unzip the file in a directory of your choice and double click on the .exe file to start the program.

ICBN

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

A checklist for the more Important Provisions for Vascular Plants 2000

The program assumes that you wish to check the validity of a botanical name. It runs through the principal requirements of the ICBN, asking questions about the name as it goes. It is intended only as a guide, to be amplified by consulting the code itself.

CultCode

International Code for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants 2004

The program assumes that you wish to check the validity of a cultivar name. It runs through the principal requirements of the International Code, asking questions about the name as it goes. It is intended only as a guide, to be amplified by consulting the code itself.