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Botanical Taxon Crop Sector Examination Office Country Downloads
Rhaphidophora Hassk. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Alpinia Roxb. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Apoballis acuminatissima (Schott) S. Y. Wong & P. C. Boyce Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Deutzia Thunb. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Mentha L. (except Mentha xpiperita L.) Vegetable GEVES France
Ceanothus L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Vigna unguiculata (L;) Walp. Agricultural GEVES France
Senna corymbosa (Lam.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Amsonia L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
× Pyracomeles vilmorinii Rehde (Pyracantha crenatoserrata × Osteomeles subrotunda) Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Euphorbia meloformis Aiton Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Myrtus communis L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn. Agricultural COBORU Poland
Pinus L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Papaver orientale L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Phedimus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Pyrus L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Dionaea muscipula Ellis Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Epidendrum radicans Pav. ex Lindl. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Jasminum L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Bletilla Rchb. f.  Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Kindl.) J. Buccholz Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Mahonia Nutt.; Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. (syn. Berberis aquifolium Pursh) Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Brassica napus L. subsp. pabularia (DC.) Alef. Agricultural GEVES France
Cupressus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Pandanus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Arbutus spp. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
xTulworthiopsis G.D. Rowley Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Vitex pseudonegundo (Hausskn.) Hand.-Mazz.l. (syn. Vitex xhybrida Moldenke) Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Euphorbia L.; Euphorbia amygdaloides L.; Euphorbia characias L. x E. dulcis L.; Euphorbia amygdaloides L. x E. characias L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Disocactus anguliger (Lem.) M. Á. Cruz & S. Arias; Disocactus ackermannii (Haw.) Ralf Bauer x Disocactus anguliger (Lem.) M. Á. Cruz & S. Arias Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Cypripedium L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Mahonia ssp. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Ajuga L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands Antilles
Lonicera L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Geogenanthus ciliatus G. Brückn. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Tulbaghia L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Sandersonia aurantiaca Hook. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. saccharifera  Alef.; Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. altissima Doell Agricultural TystofteFoundation Denmark
Philadelphus sp. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Stokesia l'Her. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Sambucus nigra L. Ornamental & Forestry ILVO Belgium
Cynodon x magennisii Hurcombe (syn. Cynodon dactylon x Cynodon  transvaalensis Burtt-Davy) Agricultural CREA DC Italy
Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Chamaecyparis Spach Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland