Submitted to: Proceedings Of The IR-4/USDA Crop Grouping
Symposium Publication Type: Proceedings Publication Acceptance
Date: November 20, 2002 Publication Date: N/A Interpretive
Summary: Communication about economic vascular plants depends
directly on accurate scientific names. Such communication is
essential for the exchange of agricultural commodities around
the world. As part of the USDA National Plant Germplasm System a
database is currently available with accurate taxonomic
information about over 36,000 economically important plants.
These data include the scientific names of the economically
important plants as well as their common names, distribution
records, and economic uses. These proceedings describe this
database of plant information. These proceedings will be used by
scientists, policy makers, commodity traders, and persons
involved in agriculture and world trade of agricultural and
horticultural goods. The taxonomic portion of the Germplasm
Resources Information Network (GRIN) of the USDA's Nat