Portal:Portals

Index of portals

This projet is a case study of Pl@ntNet.

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Main use groups

Whereas main use groups are widely recognized and documented, many minor uses are difficult to trace, because they have only a minor or local interest, and the plants concerned usually have another major use.

Plants used as toothbrush

Plants used for beads

Plants used for soap

As a first step, we are creating special pages for the names in European languages of crops grown in temperate areas.

See: Common names: Introduction

List of Common_Names now available on the wiki :

When dealing with names in a particular language, one should have a basic knowledge about the structure and history of the language, and be acquainted with the existing sources of information. This is not a trivial task, as information is dispersed in diverse fields of knowledge, such as botany, agronomy, linguistics and ethnology. This set of pages aims to offer such basic knowledge. Plantnames in Haiti