Full Photo Search

The Australian Plant Image Index (APII) is part of a much larger database of botanical information
managed by the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

A simple search mechanism with less fields is available, we suggest you start with that.

There is an even more restricted search for digitised images only.

Please exercise care in the structure of queries and the use of wildcards to avoid excessively large reports.

Output format

Display (Check to select; Default = all)	Sort Order (1,2...)	Query by value (% = wildcard, e.g. Rut% lepto%; ! = not, e.g. !ACT; most fields are case sensitive)
PHOTOGRAPH		(shows a thumbnail if a digitized image exists)
CLASS		(alpha part of the registration number)
No		(numeric part of the registration number)
FAMILY		(first 5 letters of family name)
GENUS
SPECIES
INFRASP_RANK		(s = subsp. v = var. f = forma)
INFRASP
QUALIFIER
CULTIVAR		(cultivar name, no inverted commas)
HERB_CODE
ACC_NO
LINKS		(links photo to herbarium specimens or living ANBG plant)
DATE_TAKEN		(DDMMYY)
DESCRIPTION
FLOWERS		(tick to restrict search to photos showing flowers)
FRUIT		(tick to restrict search to photos showing fruit)
BARK		(tick to restrict search to photos showing bark)
LEAVES		(tick to restrict search to photos showing leaves)
CLOSE_UP		(tick to restrict search to close-up photos)
PART_PLANT		(tick to restrict search to photos showing part of plant)
WHOLE_PLANT		(tick to restrict search to photos showing whole plants)
TREE		(tick to restrict search to photos showing trees)
HABITAT		(tick to restrict search to photos showing habitat)
HERBARIUM		(tick to restrict search to photos of herbarium sheets)
SCALE		(tick to restrict search to 35mm slides showing magnification ratio)
PH_COPY		( photographer owns copyright)
ANBG_COPY		( ANBG owns copyright)
OTHER_COPY		(some other party owns copyright)
WILD_CULT		(whether wild (W) or cultivated (C) plant)
PHOTOGRAPHER		( %surname% )
NOTES		(miscellaneous information)
BEST_OF_NAME		(restrict search to our choice of best colour slide, pre-digital)
PUBLIC_ACCESS		( this field no longer used)
NPP_INDEX		( this field no longer used)
SPECIES_X
COLLECTOR		(collector of voucher for photo)
FIELD_NUMBER		(field number for voucher for photo)
COUNTRY_CODE
REGION_CODE
LOCALITY
PHOTO_CD_ID		(serial number of CD storage disk)
CD_PHOTO_ID		(number of image on CD storage disk)

GROWING AUSTRALIAN PLANTS

ACT (CANBERRA) REGION