offers an unusual and fascinating perspective showing that like animals (including the human ones) plants too can be said to have individual personalities. The separate Biographies of over 3000 species (primarily higher plants including a few seaweeds, lichens, fungi, etc. from all over the world) are rigorously researched.

Once registered you can look at some sample Biographies and then, as a subscriber, you can view individual Biographies on screen or download them for personal use. An individual Biography can be found under its botanical name. Alternatively it can be reached by using the search facilities provided and entering a common or botanical plant name or, perhaps, the name of a person, object, subject, place or event, etc.

An individual Plant Biography can include common names in very many languages, botanical synonyms, plant origin, distribution/migration tendencies, unusual harvesting practices, interesting plant mechanisms, warnings about poisonous or other harmful qualities, threatened or endangered notes, comment on confusion of appearance with other plants, meanings of botanical names/derivation of common names – and general text of varying length (occasionally over 3500 words) which, nine times out of ten, will have unexpected content.

The work is continually maintained and updated and entries on the website are amended/added as they occur through the year. Changes can include:

• amending the name of a country or place if this alters, eg. Bombay to Mumbai, adding the year of death if a mentioned living person dies,
• including additional common names or botanical synonyms as these come to light,
• inserting further information in existing Biographies or including text for new species after in-depth research has been carried out.

The project is of encyclopedic proportion, is ongoing and can never be complete. We welcome advice of any additional information that could be relevant for an entry and suggestions for species that could be added.

The website is in two parts – these Front pages and the Body of the work. The Body is in three sections ‘What is Plant Biographies?’, ‘The Plant Biographies’ and ‘User Community’. Access to the website is at three levels

1. Without further action, ie unregistered, you can find out now why this project began by reading the ‘Introduction’ in the section ‘What is Plant Biographies?’ via the Menu on the Left or by clicking here. You can also view via the Menu on the Left ‘Registration and Subscription’, ‘CD & Talks information’, ‘Contact Us’, ‘Links’, ‘Endorsements’, ‘Dedication’ and ‘Terms & Conditions’.
   
2. In order to access the whole of 'What is Plant Biographies?' you need to register (which is FREE). After completing this process we will send you an automatic email to complete the registration process. By cicking on the link in the confirmation email you can then login after which you can either continue by clicking here or by using the Menu on the Left.
   
3. Access to the FULL database (embracing the sections ‘Plant Biographies’ and ‘User Community’) for both individuals and organisational subscribers is subject to a small annual subscription which contributes to the cost of not only maintaining and updating the site but also the rigorous research needed to add additional plants and other information. Full access is achieved, after you have registered and logged in by subscribing here or by using the Menu on the Left.

Help
The Help button provided at the top of the pages in the Body of the website opens a facility for subscribers that offers advice on how to use this website including Getting Started, How to Post, and Private Messaging.

Copyright for all photographs is held appropriately by
Diana M Miller, Horticultural Taxonomist and Helen S Miller, Senior Ecological Consultant

Narcissus pseudonarcissus
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