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Botanical Taxon Sort descending Crop Sector Examination Office Country Downloads
×Semponium spp. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Acer L.; Acer rubrum L.; Acer truncatum Bunge; Acer platanoides L. × Acer truncatum Bunge Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Acer L.; Acer shirasawanum Koidz.; Acer palmatum Thunb.; Acer campestre L.; Acer palmatum subsp. amoenum (Carrière) H. Hara; Acer tataricum L.; Acer palmatum Thunb. × Acer pseudosieboldianum (Pax) Kom. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Acer L.; Acer platanoides L.; Acer pseudoplatanus L.; Acer longipes Franch. ex Rehder subsp. amplum ( Rehder ) P.C.de Jong × A. platanoides L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Achillea alpina L. (syn. A. sibirica) × A. millefolium L.; Achillea millefoliumAchillea millefolium x A. tomentosa; Achillea ptarmica L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Adenanthos sericeus Labill. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Adenium Roem. & Schult; Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem et Schult Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Aeschynanthus Jack; Aeschynanthus speciosus Hook.; Aeschynanthus evrardii Pellegr.; Aeschynanthus parvifolius R. Br. (syn Aeschynanthus lobbianus Hook.); Aeschynanthus radicans Jack × A. tricolor Hook Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Aesculus sp. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Agastache rugosa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Kuntze; Agastache J. Clayton ex Gronov.; Agastache cana (Hook.) Wooton & Standl.; Agastache cana (Hook.) Wooton & Standl. x Agastache cusickii (Greenm.) Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Agave L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ageratina altissima (L.) R. M. King & H. Rob. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ajuga L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands Antilles
Ajuga reptans L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Allium tuncelianum Vegetable GEVES France
Alocasia baginda Kurniawan & P. C. Boyce; Alocasia brancifolia (Schott) A. Hay; Alocasia infernalis P. C. Boyce; Alocasia lauterbachiana (Engl.) A. Hay; Alocasia longiloba Miq. x A. sanderiana W. Bull; Alocasia micholitziana Sander; Alocasia nebula A. Hay; Alocasia wentii Engl. & K.Krause; Alocasia zebrina Schott ex Van Houtte Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Aloysia citrodora Paláu Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Amelanchier Medik. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Andropogon gerardi Vitman; Andropogon hallii Hack. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Anemone hupensis Lemoine and crossings with this species Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Anemone x lesseri H.R. Wehrh. (Anemone multifida Poir x A. sylvestris L.) Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Angelonia Bonpl.; Angelonia angustifolia Benth. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Ardisia crenata Sims Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Arenaria montana L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Aristotelia chinensis (Molina) Stuntz Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Armeria (DC.) Willd. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Armeria pseudarmeria (Murray) Mansf. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Aronia Medik. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Aruncus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Arundo donax L. Agricultural GEVES France
Astilbe Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Astrantia L.; Astrantia major L.; Astrantia major ssp. involucrata W. D. J. Koch. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Aubrieta Adans Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Avena strigosa Schreb. Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Avenella flexuosa (L.) Parl. (syn. Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.) Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Begonia L. (All species and species crossings within the genus Begonia L. which are used as ornamental plants mainly for their leaf characteristics) Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. saccharifera  Alef.; Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. altissima Doell Agricultural TystofteFoundation Denmark
Betonia officinalis L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Betula L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Bidens L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Billardiera heterophylla (Lindl.) L. W. Cayzer & Crisp (syn. Sollya heterophylla Lindl.) Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Biscutella didyma L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Boronia Sm. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany