ENSURING THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANTS

ENSURING THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANTS
Jane McGary (Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:01:27 PST)

Boyce Tankersley wrote:

From my perspective, the *critical* point is that all private
collection holders must utilize a template that incorporates the names for
the fields (columns) that is current usage in the botanic garden/biological
collections world.

The field names I use are:
Genus
Species + subspecies + variety + cultivar name (as applicable)
Source (collector or vendor + geographical collection site + habitat if known)
Date of acquisition
Location (in my bulb house, by numbered rows, or garden site)
Comment (anything I care to add, including when it died if it did)

I just had occasion to refer to the database and it has about 1450 entries.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA