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How Were States, Towns and Places Named
... is why Indian names, though often misspelled and misinterpreted, dominate the more than two million place names recording by the U.S. Geological Survey's Board of Geographic Names. For example, ... time to establish an official arbiter of place names. The Board of Geographic Names was founded to straighten out disputes over names and to approved new names where necessary. The board still exists, ...
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18. Distribution
... place names: a. Any rivers, mountains, places, or islands on the Chinese border must use the standard Chinese names ... place names of China, authors should refer to Gazetteer of China An Index to the Atlas of the People's Republic of China, Map Press, Beijing (1983). It must be noted that place names ...
hua.huh.harvard.edu

Threatened and Endangered Plants | USDA PLANTS
... places by the jurisdictions you selected above. Or, click on linked place names to go directly to a list of that place's legally protected plants. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut ...
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University and Jepson Herbaria: Online Resources
... A centralized location for California floristics information. Index to California Plant Names An annotated, interactive list of names applied to California plants. The Jepson Manual Updated descriptions, maps ... and maintained by UC/JEPS graduate students Andy Murdock and Anya Hinkle. Jepson Place Name Index California place names that are used on specimens in the Jepson Herbarium. Hosted by ...
ucjeps.berkeley.edu

The American Chestnut Foundation
... Officers 8:50 ~ Reminders 9 -11 a.m. ~ Technical Presentations Dr. Songlin Fei-“Place Names and American Chestnut Restoration” Dr. Paul Sisco-“Project on Chestnut Genetics” Dr. Fenny ... .m. ~ Post-Conference Tours of the Price Farm Annex **Technical Presentations Dr. Songlin Fei Place Names & American Chestnut Restoration Dr. Paul Sisco Project on Chestnut Genetics Dr. Fenny Dane Evolutionary ...
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Australian Systematic Botany Society
... Retirement - Dr Robert Boden .................... 28 Reports Australia Day Council Medal .................... 28 ABRS .................... 28 Spelling Possessive Place Names .................... 28 News from the ABLO .................... 28 Planned ABLO Visits to other Herbaria .................... 30 Book Reviews ...
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PlanetaCactus: The place for cactus on the Internet
... This is a first revision so any feedback will be appreciated. Welcome to PlanetaCactus, the place for cactus on the Internet. Here you will find the most complete and updated ... most interesting cactus links. Enter here Curiosities The Lophophora williamsii cactus, best known with the names peyote, mescal or mezcal, contains several hallucinogenic alkaloids, and has been used by shamans of ...
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National Herbarium of Trinidad and Tobago - Home page
... , and other political divisions, Also heights and, of course, old and new place-names. Gazetteers, giving the names of places and their locations are also necessary to the herbarium library. ... in the country at a particular time. Bibliographies of taxonomic literature, dictionaries of botanical names, glossaries of botanical terms, and taxonomic periodicals are also found in the herbarium library ...
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Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States: New York: Localities
... links to town websites. Cities, Towns and Villages in New York State - Alphabetical list classifying place names by type and naming the county in which each one is located, from the New ...
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Open Directory - Regional: North America: Canada: Localities
... member list, history, board of directors, policy and program details, and publications. Geographical Names of Canada - Database of place names for Canadian metropolitan areas, cities, towns, villages, unincorporated areas, Indian Reserves, and geographical ...
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