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Botanical Taxon Crop Sector Sort descending Examination Office Country Downloads
Brassica napus L. subsp. pabularia (DC.) Alef. Agricultural GEVES France
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Agricultural Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Ireland
Panicum virgatum L. Agricultural Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lathyrus sativus L.; Lathyrus cicera L. Agricultural GEVES France
Panicum virgatum L. Agricultural OEVV Spain
Ononis alopecuroides L. Agricultural GEVES France
Vicia benghalensis L.; Vicia pannonica Crantz; Vicia villosa Roth. Agricultural GEVES France
Camelina sativa Agricultural GEVES France
Triticum monococcum L.; Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccum (Schrank ex Schübl.) Thell. Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. saccharifera  Alef.; Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. altissima Doell Agricultural TystofteFoundation Denmark
Trifolium incarnatum L. Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Arundo donax L. Agricultural GEVES France
Trifolium alexandrinum L.; Trifolium incarnatum L.; Trifolium michelianum Savi; Trifolium resupinatum L.; Trifolium squarrosum L.; Trifoliium vesiulosum L.   Agricultural GEVES France
Cynodon x magennisii Hurcombe (syn. Cynodon dactylon x Cynodon  transvaalensis Burtt-Davy) Agricultural CREA DC Italy
Avena strigosa Schreb. Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Taraxacum F.H. Wigg Agricultural COBORU Poland
Onobrychis viciifolia (Scop.) Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Trifolium resupinatum L. Agricultural UKSUP Slovakia
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Sinningia Nees Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Skimmia Thunb. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Solidago L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A. Braun Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Spiraea L.; S. betulifolia Pall.; S. fritschiana C. K. Schneid. × S. japonica L. f.; S. hayatana H. L. Li × S. japonica L. f.; S. japonica L. f. (syn. S. bumalda Burv.); S. media Schmidt; S. nipponica Maxim.; S. × cinerea Zabel; S. prunifolia Siebold & Zu Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Spiraea L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Stachys byzantina K. Koch x S. debilis Kunth Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Symphoricarpos xdoorenbosii Krüssm. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch. Bip. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Taxus L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Teucrium L.; Teucrium xlucidrys Boom; Teucrium fruticans L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ulmus L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Murdannia loriformis (Hassk.) R.S. Roa & Kammathy Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Vitex sp.; Vitex agnus-castus L.; Vitex trifolia L. × Vitex agnus-castus; Vitex trifolia L. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Vitex agnus-castus L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Viola L.; Viola × wittrockiana Gams; Viola cornuta L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Vinca L. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Viburnum L.; Viburnum cassinoides L.; Viburnum odoratissimum Ker Gawl.; Viburnum opulus L.; Viburnum plicatum Thunb.; Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl.; Viburnum tinus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Veronica L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Vanda Jones ex R. Br. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Trachelium caeruleum L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Thunbergia Retz. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Tiarella L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Tillandsia L.; Tillandsia cyanea Linden ex K. Koch Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Tradescantia L.; Tradescantia cerinthoides kunth; Tradescantia albiflora Kunth; Tradescantia spathacea Sw.; Tradescantia virginiana L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands