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We additionally offer macro-photographs as well as descriptions of taxonomically important morphological characters of the respective genera. Our focus was on taxonomic reliability rather than on sheer data quantity and thus identifications were validated.
Palustria (Asteraceae) and Alchemilla, Crataegus, Rosa, Rubus (Rosaceae), we established an online portal ( ) displaying georeferenced and validated herbarium specimens for each respective micro-species of the German Flora. In close collaboration with taxonomic experts of the apomictic polyploid genera Hieracium, Pilosella, Taraxacum sect. Access to such is limited because herbaria are scattered, and even in public collections misidentifications are not uncommon in these critical taxa. Morphological identification of apomictic micro-species is difficult and requires detailed comparisons with referenced herbarium material.