Keys in Plants:

14 January 2012 - 5:09pm — tony rebelo
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Keys in Plants:

Users working out species and subspecies often leaves notes on iSpot. This is a short list of some of the more useful ones.

There are not many online electronic keys to our flora, but some are listed below this

The following short keys to subspecies or sets can be found on iSpot -

Species

* Acrolophia (Orchidaceae) on Peninsula http://ispot.org.za/node/171380#comment-65693

* Asparagus on Peninsula http://ispot.org.za/node/152000

* Arctopus (Asteraceae) http://ispot.org.za/node/134003

* Corymbium on Peninsula http://za.ispot.org.uk/node/143850#comment-40510

* Erica section Geissostegia http://ispot.org.za/node/252610#comment-145425

* Harveya (Orobancaceae) on the Peninsula http://za.ispot.org.uk/node/143324#comment-40059

* Lamiaceae on the Peninsula http://ispot.org.za/node/169522#comment-63550

* Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) on the Peninsula http://ispot.org.za/node/160632

* Penaea http://ispot.org.za/node/159892#comment-54687

* Pines - Invasive in Cape Flora http://za.ispot.org.uk/node/143427#comment-40134

* Searsia (Rhus; Anacardiaceae) groups http://za.ispot.org.uk/node/142983

* Struthiola (Thymaeleaceae) on the Peninsula http://ispot.org.za/node/164565

* Villarsia http://za.ispot.org.uk/node/137121#comment-40023

* Watsonia (Iridaceae) on the Peninsula http://ispot.org.za/node/168377#comment-62359

* Welwitschia subspecies http://za.ispot.org.uk/node/143592#comment-40295

Subspecies

Cotyledon orbiculata http://ispot.org.za/node/145062

ALIENS:

For alien keys and guides please see http://ispot.org.za/alienkeys

OTHER ELECTRONIC KEYS:

The following electronic keys are available from either the Botanical Society or the Bolus Herbarium:

* Cliffortia
* Erica
* Restionaceae http://www.systbot.uzh.ch/Bestimmungsschluessel/Restionaceae_en.html

Online Keys:

ASTERACEAE
* Helichrysum key: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/helichrysum/
* Relhania key: http://keys.lucidcentral.org/key-server/key.jsp?keyId=69
(includes: Antithrixia, Arrowsmithia, Comborhiza, Leysera, Macowania, Nestlera, Oedera, Oreolysera, Relhania, Rhynchopsidium & Rosenia)

Bayesian keys:

please see - http://ispot.org.za/Quick_Keys

If you would like to develop a key to a group that you are interested in - tell us below

Groups:

Cynanchum - Apocynaceae

26 March 2012 - 11:30pm — tony rebelo
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Nice page to Cynanchum species is at:
http://www.bio.uni-bayreuth.de/psysl/picind/cynafr.php

See http://za.ispot.org.uk/node/142962 for lead in ...

Restio key

27 July 2012 - 2:13pm — lize von staden
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The Restio key is available online here:
http://www.systbot.uzh.ch/Bestimmungsschluessel/Restionaceae_en.html

You need to download the delta INTKEY program to run it on your computer, but there is a link for the download on this page (and it's free)

Great! Thanks for this! its

27 July 2012 - 3:10pm — tony rebelo
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Great! Thanks for this!
its working!

Yes, Thanks

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Yes, Thanks

Asparagus

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http://ispot.org.za/node/151947

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thanks: added

31 August 2012 - 10:08pm — tony rebelo
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thanks: added

Peninsula pelargoniums

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http://ispot.org.za/node/160632

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ta: added

8 September 2012 - 9:37am — tony rebelo
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ta: added

Struths

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http://ispot.org.za/node/164565

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17 December 2012 - 5:30pm — vynbos
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Struthiola (for those searching for the full word)

Location of keys

12 June 2013 - 2:59pm — Stevo
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Howcome are these keys not listed under the "Keys" tab at the top of the iSpot homepage? There are only links to UK keys there as far as I can see...

why?

12 June 2013 - 7:37pm — tony rebelo
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Because those are Bayes electronic keys.
And it is two years since I last looked at it.

FIXED

Genus keys

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Illustrated key to the genera of Haemodoraceae
http://ispot.org.za/node/236753

Illustrated key to the subfamilies and genera of Malvaceae
http://ispot.org.za/node/185113
(including Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae & Bombacaceae)

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Erepsia/Spoonfig Key

9 April 2014 - 2:48am — vynbos
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Erepsia/Spoonfig Key

keys

9 April 2014 - 12:43pm — tony rebelo
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This is a Bayesian Key, so:

see http://ispot.org.za/Quick_Keys

Tip for keys:

9 April 2014 - 12:43pm — tony rebelo
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Tip for keys:

To always get the latest version please use

http://catfish.open.ac.uk:8080/webkeys/keyintroduction.jsp?selectedKey=w...

instead of http://catfish.open.ac.uk:8080/webkeys/keyintroduction.jsp?selectedKey=w...

if you leave out the version numbers you will always get the latest version!!

Dichrostachys cinerea

14 April 2014 - 7:46am — Wynand Uys
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Key to the two subspecies (one of which contains three vars.) in S.A.
http://ispot.org.za/node/242356#comment-142744

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