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Botanical Taxon Sort descending Crop Sector Examination Office Country Downloads
Haworthia fasciata (Willd.) Haw; Haworthiopsis limifolia (Marloch) G.D. Rowley; Haworthiopsis fasciata (Willd.) G.D. Rowley Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Hedera sp. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Helichrysum Mill. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Heliopsis Pers. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Heliotropium L.; Heliotropium arborescens L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Helleborus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Hemerocallis L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Heptacodium miconioides Rehder Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Hibiscus coccineus Walter; Hibiscus moscheutos L.; and crossing with these species Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. and hybrids with this species Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Hyacinthus orientalis L. 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
Hypoestes Soland. ex. R. Br. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Iberis L.; Iberis amara L.; Iberis gibraltarica L.; Iberis sempervirens L.; Iberis gibraltarica L. × I. sempervirens L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Ilex L. excluding Ilex crenata Thunb. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Ilex crenata Thunb. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Agricultural Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Ireland
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Isotoma axillaris Lindl; Isotoma fluviatilis (R.Br.) F. Muell. ex Benth. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Itea L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier; K. manginii Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier; K. miniata Hils. & Bojer ex Tul.; K. porphyrocalyx (Baker) Baill.; and crossing between these species  Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Laburnum sp. Ornamental & Forestry NEBIH Hungary
Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara (syn. Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lem.) Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Lantana L. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany
Lathyrus sativus L.; Lathyrus cicera L. Agricultural GEVES France
Laurus nobilis L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Lavatera L.; Lavatera thuringiaca L. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Leucanthemum Mill.; Leucanthemum maximum (Ramond) DC.; Leucanthemum × superbum (Bergmans ex J. W. Ingram) D. H. Kent Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer; Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don; Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don x Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer; Leucothoe keiskei Miq. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Leycesteria formosa Wall. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ligularia dentata (A. Gray) H. Hara Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ligustrum delavayanum Har. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Ligustrum Ibota Siebold Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lobularia Desv.; Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lonicera L. Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Lonicera nitida E. H. Wilson Ornamental & Forestry COBORU Poland
Lophomyrtus x ralphii (Hook. f.) Burrett Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lupinus L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Lycium barbarum L. Fruit Bundessortenamt Germany
Lysimachia L.; Lysimachia barystachys Bunge; Lysimachia barystachys Bunge x L. clethroides Duby; Lysimachia clethroides Duby; Lysimachia fortunei Maxim. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Magnolia L.; Magnolia grandiflora L.; Magnolia kobus DC.; Magnolia laevifolia (Y. W. Law & Y. F. Wu) Noot. (syn.: Michelia yunnanensis Franch. ex Finet & Gagnep.); Magnolia × loebneri Kache × Magnolia × soulangeana Soul.-Bod. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Mahonia ssp. Ornamental & Forestry GEVES France
Maranta L. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Masdevallia Ruiz & Pav. Ornamental & Forestry Naktuinbouw Netherlands
Matthiola R. Br. corr. Spreng. Ornamental & Forestry Bundessortenamt Germany