"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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Strange question I know but is there a system for plants similar to the
ISBN system for books whereby each plant type is given a unique ID
code?

Thanks in advance

Neil

There is not a numeric system. There are two codes; the ICBN
(International Code for Botanical Nomenclature) for wild(ish) plants;
and the ICNCP (International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants)
for cultivated plants.

A plant type can have more than one name, if the taxonomy is disputed.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

The chap I was with at Bath University was combining ALL known methods of
identification and ALL plants, world wide. How far he has got or did get I
have no idea, but we were remarking on it being a mammoth task.

Anyone know anything about it and the progress of it?

Mike