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Click on the Query button and then enter the name you are looking for in one of the blank fields (sorry, no common names yet). After entering data, click on Submit Query. A list of names is displayed if any matches exist in the database. To get detailed information, click on the name.
For each species (or infraspecific taxon if present), there eventually will be three levels of data (levels 0, 1, 2) present in the prototype Checklist. Three levels of data provide you with the advantage of viewing data for a species at the highest developed level while still being able to obtain the original data (levels 0 and 1) for the same species. Thus, if you have a question about the origin of data at a higher level, you can view the original data still available to you at lower levels. Each level is defined below:
Level 0 - This represents the data for each taxon name as submitted by a contributor, with acknowledgement of source added. As data for a name may be added from various sources, several level 0 records may exist for a given name. The output for the separate sources is united on a single page.
Level 1 - The data on a particular taxon name as given in level 0 records are merged into a single record and partly edited to conform to the Checklist format (with editors' names added). However, for one or more reasons (e.g. incomplete distribution information or taxonomic problems) the record is not yet considered a final checklist entry.
Level 2 - The entry is fully botanically edited by the specialists working on that family, i.e. the taxonomic and geographic data have all been checked for that taxon name, and the entry consists of a single record (again with editors' names added).
The 'highest' level of data available for a taxon in the Checklist is automatically displayed to the user, but the lower levels are accessible by clicking on the relevant button. This will enable users to check the original data put into the Checklist.
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