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Botanical Taxon Crop Sector Sort ascending Examination Office Country Downloads
Ceropegia linearis E. Mey. subsp. woodii (Schltr.) H. Huber (syn. Ceropegia woodii Schltr.) Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. and hybrids with this species Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Tarenaya Raf. (syn. Cleome L.) Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Aruncus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
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
Matthiola R. Br. corr. Spreng. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Pinus nigra Arnold; Pinus sylvestris L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Primula vulgaris Huds. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
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
Wisteria L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Coprosma repens. A. Rich. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Chamaecyparis Spach Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Sambucus nigra L. Ornamental & Forestry ILVO Belgium
Stokesia l'Her. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Philadelphus sp. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Sandersonia aurantiaca Hook. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Tulbaghia L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Geogenanthus ciliatus G. Brückn. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lonicera L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Arundo donax L. Agricultural GEVES France
Avena strigosa Schreb. Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Camelina sativa Agricultural GEVES France
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Agricultural Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Ireland
Lathyrus sativus L.; Lathyrus cicera L. Agricultural GEVES France
Ononis alopecuroides L. Agricultural GEVES France
Panicum virgatum L. Agricultural Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Taraxacum F.H. Wigg Agricultural COBORU Poland
Trifolium alexandrinum L.; Trifolium incarnatum L.; Trifolium michelianum Savi; Trifolium resupinatum L.; Trifolium squarrosum L.; Trifoliium vesiulosum L.   Agricultural GEVES France
Trifolium incarnatum L. Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Triticum monococcum L.; Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccum (Schrank ex Schübl.) Thell. Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Vicia benghalensis L.; Vicia pannonica Crantz; Vicia villosa Roth. Agricultural GEVES France
Panicum virgatum L. Agricultural OEVV Spain
Trifolium resupinatum L. Agricultural UKSUP Slovakia
Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Onobrychis viciifolia (Scop.) Agricultural Bundessortenamt Germany
Cynodon x magennisii Hurcombe (syn. Cynodon dactylon x Cynodon  transvaalensis Burtt-Davy) Agricultural CREA DC Italy
Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. saccharifera  Alef.; Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. altissima Doell Agricultural TystofteFoundation Denmark