Searching by Taxonomy

Taxonomic data stored in the GRIN-Global database is quite extensive. Though the emphasis is on major, minor, or potential crops and their wild and weedy relatives, many other categories of plants are represented including ornamentals and some rare or endangered plants. A range of data–including passport, taxonomic, descriptor, observation, evaluation, and inventory data–for each germplasm accession is available in GRIN-Global.

Check out a brief video that provides a great overview of GRIN taxonomy.

 

Tip #1: Most of the simple search operations can be done on the Species tab, so start there as your default.

New features include searching on a country to get a list of species from it and also a browse feature.

Tip #2: On the Results tab, you can export your results to a spreadsheet or a CSV file.

 

Click on the GRIN Taxonomy menu item to start searching by family, genus, or species.

Select the desired tab (Species is recommended as a starting point):