Flora of the Southeastern United States Versions
We offer our most recent version of The Flora by default, but include and maintain public access to that and earlier versions of The Flora for several reasons:
- The field of plant taxonomy moves quickly and some people and projects can't move as quickly for whatever reason. Retaining earlier versions of the flora helps these folks choose a pace that fits their needs.
- When people cite the Flora of the Southeastern United States for a particular year, it's important for people to be able to access what The Flora looked like at that point in time. Having discreet versions on our web app fulfills this citation principle.
- Maintaining earlier versions of The Flora helps students understand the pace of change in the field and delve back into earlier treatments of genera and families in a targeted way.
The version being shown is listed at the top of every screen in the webapp. To access a specific version of The Flora, use the drop down menu adjacent to the version at the top of any screen. Versions are labeled with the year of release, for example 2022 or 2024. This switches the current view to whatever version you select. Some queries may fail in a different version, for example, if you are searching for a genus name that is in a new version of the flora, it may not yield any results in a previous version. Specific taxa and keys will be shown in the different versions if they are present in both versions.
To access the latest version of The Flora, simply navigate to fsus.ncbg.unc.edu and start using the web app.
When citing The Flora, you will cite either the latest version if you have not used the dropdown version selection or a specific version if you have.
If the first line of the web address contains /cust/ then you are citing a specific version, otherwise the latest version will be shown.
Examples
- Acer in 2022 [in Aceraceae]:
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/cust/2022/main.php?pg=show-taxon-detail.php&lsid=urn:lsid:ncbg.unc.edu:taxon:{4E806BFF-C746-4492-8371-6D2E2C670BEC} - Acer in 2024 [in Sapindaceae]:
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/cust/2024/main.php?pg=show-taxon-detail.php&lsid=urn:lsid:ncbg.unc.edu:taxon:{4E806BFF-C746-4492-8371-6D2E2C670BEC} - Acer in "the current version," which will change over time:
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/show-taxon-detail.php?lsid=urn:lsid:ncbg.unc.edu:taxon:{4E806BFF-C746-4492-8371-6D2E2C670BEC} - Search for Polygala in 2022:
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/cust/2022/main.php?pg=show-taxon.php&plantname=polygala - Search for Polygala in 2024 (the genus has been divided into several genera, with the taxa in our area transferred to Senega [or some taxa earlier to Asemeia and Polygaloides])):
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/cust/2024/main.php?pg=show-taxon.php&plantname=polygala - Search for Polygala in "the current version," which will change over time:
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/pg=show-taxon.php?plantname=polygala