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Botanical Taxon Crop Sector Sort descending Examination Office Country Downloads
Sambucus nigra L. Ornamental & Forestry ILVO Belgium
Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Chamaecyparis Spach Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Coprosma repens. A. Rich. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Wisteria L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Hylotelephium spectabile (Boreau) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum spectabile Boreau); Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H. Ohba x H. spectabile (Boreau) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum telephium L. x S. spectabile Boreau); Hylotelephium tatarinowii (Maxim.) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum tatarinowii Maxim.); Hylotelephium H. Ohba × Orostachys malacophylla (Pall.) Fisch.; Hylotelephium cauticola (Praeger) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum cauticola Praeger) × Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum telephium L.); Hylotelephium cauticola (Praeger) H. Ohba × H. tatarinowii (Maxim.) H. Ohba; Hylotelephium tatarinowii (Maxim.) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum tatarinowii Maxim.) × H. telephium (L.) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum telephium L.); Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H. Ohba (syn. Sedum telephium L.); Hylotelephium L. × Sedum L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Primula vulgaris Huds. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Pinus nigra Arnold; Pinus sylvestris L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Matthiola R. Br. corr. Spreng. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Cornus L.; Cornus kousa Burger ex Hance; Cornus capitata Wall. x C. kousa Burger ex Hance; Cornus hongkongensis Hemsl. x C. kousa Burger ex Hance Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Aruncus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Tarenaya Raf. (syn. Cleome L.) Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. and hybrids with this species Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Ceropegia linearis E. Mey. subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber (syn. Ceropegia woodii Schltr.) Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Calanthe R. Br. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Eutrochium maculatum (L.) E. E. Lamont var. maculatum (syn. Eupatorium maculatum L.); Eutrochium purpureum (L.) E. E. Lamont var. purpureum (syn. Eupatorium purpureum L.) Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Maranta L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Parrotia persica (DC.) C. A. Mey. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Sedum L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Rhodanthemum hosmariense (Ball) B. H. Wilcox & al. (syn. Leucanthemum hosmariense (Ball) Font Quer) Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Sesleria heufleriana Schur Ornamental & Forestry ILVO Belgium
Pulmonaria L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Polemonium L.; Polemonium caeruleum L.; Polemonium reptans L.; Polemonium yezoense (Miyabe & Kudô) Kitam. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Cotinus Mill. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Philotheca myoporoides (DC.) Bayly (syn. Eriostemon myoporoides DC.) Ornamental & Forestry 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
Andropogon gerardi Vitman; Andropogon hallii Hack. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lophomyrtus x ralphii (Hook. f.) Burrett Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Billardiera heterophylla (Lindl.) L. W. Cayzer & Crisp (syn. Sollya heterophylla Lindl.) Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Zamioculcas zamiifolia (hort. Lodd.) Engl. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ilex crenata Thunb. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Aristotelia chinensis (Molina) Stuntz Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Phygelius E. Mey. ex Benth. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Pericallis D. Don Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Hyacinthus orientalis L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Murdannia loriformis (Hassk.) R.S. Roa & Kammathy Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Zygopetalum Hook. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Zinnia xmarylandica D. M. Spooner & al. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Vitex sp.; Vitex agnus-castus L.; Vitex trifolia L. × Vitex agnus-castus; Vitex trifolia 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
Vinca L. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Viola L.; Viola × wittrockiana Gams; Viola cornuta L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lonicera L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
x Colmanara hort. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands