BSBI Label
Botanical Society of the British Isles
Introduction Taxa Literature Cytology Geographical Elements

BSBI cytology search form

Search options

 Select from "Regions OR "Vice-Counties", NOT BOTH
Search by taxon name[Help]
Family
Genus
Species
Hybrids: Yes    No
Status: Native   Alien   Both
Regions [Help]
Vice Counties [Help]

Output options (select additional information to be included in the output)

Tissue on which count was made  Yes  No
Vice-county name  Yes  No
Locality  Yes  No
Grid Reference  Yes  No
Literature reference to count  Yes  No

Sort options (select the output sequence)

Sort by:
Latin name and chromosome number
Latin name and vice-county number
Kent number and chromosome number
Kent number and vice-county number

Instructions for searching the BSBI cytology data

Search for data using taxon names


To see information regarding a particular taxon, enter one or more words from the scientific name in which you are interested into the appropriate fields of the form, eg. generic names in the Genus box and specific epithets in the Species box.

The results of the searches from the various boxes will be combined using a logical AND. That is only searches that match ALL the criteria entered will be returned.

N.B. Entries are NOT case sensitive.

To lookup Gentiana nivalis L., enter:

Gentiana in the Genus box, and nivalis in the Species box.

Multiple search criteria can be entered into each box and should be separated by a comma. For each box, the values returned will be combined using a logical OR.

To look up both Gentiana nivalis L. and Ajuga reptans L., enter:

Gentiana, Ajuga in the Genus box, and nivalis, reptans in the Species box.

Partial word searches can be performed by appending either a ']' or a '*' to the end of a search word. Thus if you entered a search value of Gent] in the Genus box all genera starting with "Gent" would be returned.

Search for data using vice-county names [Search form]


To see cytological information obtained from a particular vice-county, select the vice-county from the list of vice-counties displayed. You may select more than one vice-county. If you do select more than one vice-county data from any of the vice-counties selected will be returned. To clear your vice-county selections without clearing the rest of the form click on the button marked "Clear selections" beneath the vice-county list.

N.B. The "Anywhere" option can only be used in combination with other fields. For example, submitting the Genus name Rubus and selecting the "Anywhere" option will return all chromosome counts for Rubus without regard to the vice county. Selecting only the "Anywhere" option and submitting a query will return no matches.

If you are using an MS Windows-based or MAC based browser, in order to select multiple values from the vice-county list you must hold down the control key whilst you click on each option you wish to select. Similarly, if you have selected a group of vice-counties and you wish to remove one from the list hold down the control key and click on the option to be removed.

You may also select a group of vice-counties that appear consecutively in the vice-county list by clicking on the first item in the group and then holding down the shift key whilst clicking on the last item in the contiguous block to be selected.

When you have entered search criteria in the taxon name fields and selected vice-counties the results displayed will be obtained by ANDing your search criteria, i.e. information will only be returned on the taxa which match your specification and which has been gathered in the specified vice-counties.

Search for data using regional names [Search form]


To see cytological information obtained from a region of the British Isles, select one or more region from the "Regions" list. If you select more than one region, data from any of the regions selected will be returned.

To clear your region selections without clearing the rest of the form click on the button marked "Clear selections" beneath the "Region" list.

See the vice-county instructions for details of how to select more than one item from a list.

N.B. The "Anywhere" option can only be used in combination with other fields. For example, submitting the Genus name Rubus and selecting the "Anywhere" option will return all chromosome counts for Rubus without regard to the vice county. Selecting only the "Anywhere" option and submitting a query will return no matches.

Controlling the content of your output


There are a number of additional features that allow you to modify the contents of the returned results.

Hybrids
If you wish to eliminate hybrids from the results displayed make sure that the No button of the Hybrids button combination has been selected. The yes option is selected by default.

Status
You can elect to exclude native or alien taxa from your search results. To make sure that only results from native taxa are displayed make sure that the "Native" option of the Status button combination is selected. To display only alien taxa make sure that the "Alien" option is selected. To see the results from taxa regardless of their native status make sure that the "Both" option is selected. The "Both" option is selected by default.

By default a basic set of information is returned by a query. There is a number of options that allow you to expand on this basic set. These are:

The tissue on which the count was made.
The grid reference from where the specimen was collected.
The name of the vice county where the specimen was collected.
The locality where the specimen was collected.
The literature reference from where the data was obtained.

To include any of these in the output make sure that the Yes option in the button set associated with the desired option is selected. By default all the options are set to Yes.

Specifying the sort order of your output


There are four ways in which you can opt to sort the output results, these are:

By Latin name and then chromosome number.
By Latin name and then vice-county number.
By Kent number (systematic order) and then chromosome number.
By Kent number (systematic order) and then vice-county number.

When selecting the sort order you should bear the following in mind - records that do not contain a value for the specified sort criteria will sort first, these values will be sorted by Latin name.