In article , Richard Brooks richardbr
writes
Does anyone know of UK public or private plant databases with plant names
and varieties ?

Many thanks,

The RHS Plant Finder is online at

http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/

Not specifically UK, but Index Kewensis is one of three sources used for
IPNI (mentioned up thread).

Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh (RBGE) have a Flora Europaea at

http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/FE/fe.html
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
http://www.meden.demon.co.uk/Malvaceae/Malvaceae.html