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Botanical Taxon Crop Sector Examination Office Country Downloads
Ginkgo biloba L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Gomphrena globosa L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Hakonechloa macra (Munro) Makino Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Hedera sp. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Helichrysum Mill. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Heliopsis Pers. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Heliotropium L.; Heliotropium arborescens L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Helleborus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Hemerocallis L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Hibiscus coccineus Walter; Hibiscus moscheutos L.; and crossing with these species Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Hypoestes Soland. ex. R. Br. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Iberis L.; Iberis amara L.; Iberis gibraltarica L.; Iberis sempervirens L.; Iberis gibraltarica L. × I. sempervirens L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Agricultural Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Ireland
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Isotoma axillaris Lindl; Isotoma fluviatilis (R.Br.) F. Muell. ex Benth. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Itea L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier; K. manginii Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier; K. miniata Hils. & Bojer ex Tul.; K. porphyrocalyx (Baker) Baill.; and crossing between these species  Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Laburnum sp. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara (syn. Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lem.) Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Lantana L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Lathyrus sativus L.; Lathyrus cicera L. Agricultural GEVES France
Laurus nobilis L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Lavatera L.; Lavatera thuringiaca L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Leucanthemum Mill.; Leucanthemum maximum (Ramond) DC.; Leucanthemum × superbum (Bergmans ex J. W. Ingram) D. H. Kent Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer; Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don; Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don x Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer; Leucothoe keiskei Miq. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Leycesteria formosa Wall. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ligularia dentata (A. Gray) H. Hara Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ligustrum delavayanum Har. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ligustrum Ibota Siebold Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lobularia Desv.; Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lonicera nitida E. H. Wilson Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Lupinus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lycium barbarum L. Fruit Bundessortenamt Germany
Lysimachia L.; Lysimachia barystachys Bunge; Lysimachia barystachys Bunge x L. clethroides Duby; Lysimachia clethroides Duby; Lysimachia fortunei Maxim. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Magnolia L.; Magnolia grandiflora L.; Magnolia kobus DC.; Magnolia laevifolia (Y. W. Law & Y. F. Wu) Noot. (syn.: Michelia yunnanensis Franch. ex Finet & Gagnep.); Magnolia × loebneri Kache × Magnolia × soulangeana Soul.-Bod. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Masdevallia Ruiz & Pav. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Medinilla Gaudich.; Medinilla magnifica Lindl. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Miscanthus Andersson; Miscanthus sinensis (Thunb.) Andersson; M. × giganteus J. M. Greef & Deuter ex Hodk. & Renvoize (M. sacchariflorus × M. sinensis); M. sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Franch. × M. sinensis Andersson Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench; Molinia arundinacea Schrank; Molinia arundinacea Schrank x Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Monarda L.; Monarda didyma L.; Monarda bradburiana L. C. Beck x Monarda didyma L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Monstera sp.; M. adansonii Schott; M. obliqua Miq. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A. Cunn.) Meisn. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Myosotis × parviflora (Schur) Domin. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Nandina domestica Thunb. Ex. Murray Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Nepenthes L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands