Key to the Native Orchids of Western Australia is an interactive identification and information package that will help you identify and learn about all the currently known native orchids found in Western Australia (including named hybrids). It is designed for flowering plants and works best when they are fresh and observed in the field. It…
Marine benthic dinoflagellate genera (Dinophyceae) This key includes 61 of the benthic dinoflagellate genera, excluding Glenodinium and Symbiodiniales. Dinoflagellates are protists (unicellular eukaryotes) of microscopic size (most 10–100 μm). The taxonomy of dinoflagellates is dealing with morphospecies concepts, the most practical and informative approach describing and distinguishing species in the past as well as today…
Australian Mistletoe The Australian Mistletoe Key covers the aerial mistletoes of the families Loranthaceae and Santalaceae. Parasitic trees and shrubs of these families are not included. AuthorRoger Fryer australian_mistletoe_lucid_key Australian Mistletoe Lucid key image gallery example Australian Mistletoe Lucid key character help page Australian Mistletoe Lucid key glossary page
Key to minerals Our goal has been to use the power of interactive software to show how geologists and mineralogists identify and classify minerals. The program will allow students and enthusiastic collectors to identify more than ninety minerals with a simple to use multi-access key based on hand specimen properties. In addition, a virtual museum…
Marine benthic Prorocentrum species (Dinophyceae) Mona Hoppenrath & Nicolas Chomérat Dinoflagellates are protists (unicellular eukaryotes) of microscopic size (most 10–100 μm). The taxonomy of dinoflagellates is dealing with morphospecies concepts, the most practical and informative approach describing and distinguishing species in the past as well as today (Hoppenrath 2017). Recent taxonomical publications contain molecular phylogenetic…
A key to the Indo-Pacific reef coral genera (Skeletons) This key can only be used for identification of coral skeletons – not corals with the living soft parts. The nomenclature follows WoRMS (www.marinespecies.org). The key is mostly dichotomous but sometimes polytomous. For most alternatives (couplet questions) there is a picture (photo or drawing) illustrating the…
MonotomidGen – A matrix-based interactive key to the New World genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) A matrix-based LucidTM key is presented for the twelve genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) represented in the New World. Monotomidae are also known as the “minute clubbed beetles”. The list of terminal taxa included with the key provides a current…
Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern North America We present Carpophiline-ID, a matrix-based LucidTM key, for the adult stage of the known species of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of North America, east of the Mississippi River. The list of terminal taxa used in the key represents the most…
Seed Identification Guide Seed Identification Guide (SIG)® is a virtual publication of reference information on plant taxonomy, morphological features of plant dispersal units, identification fact sheets, identification keys, image galleries, and common botany terminologies. The plant species included in the guide have resulted from ISMA and the author’s projects. The publication is open to any…
What’s that bee? Identification keys to the bees of Uganda/East Africa This series of keys provides tools for identifying the bee families and genera that occur, or are likely to occur, in Uganda and regions adjacent to Uganda’s borders. Each key includes simple descriptors of morphological characters accompanied by high resolution images of the characters…