iFlora - Flora of Great Britain and Europe
iFlora is an app for the identification of plant species of the Flora of Great Britain and many European Countries
iFlora - Flora of Great Britain and Europe
iFlora is an app for the identification of plant species of the Flora of Great Britain and many European Countries.With the innovative identification concept information of only few characters is often sufficient to identify a plant species. In difficult species group, in which identification may not be possible down to the species level the information in the fact sheets may include further characters and information.For each species more than more 200 identification characters are available. In the app, identification characters can be selected from an intuitive user interface. The identification characters can be selected by tipping on clear icons in an arbitrary sequence until the plant is identified.The identification with iFlora is quick and simple: iFlora even makes specific recommendations on the best identification characters. For example, only three simple characters may suffice to identify Yew (Taxus baccata).In the apps, also comprehensive information on the plant species is available: scientific drawings based on historical floras, distribution maps, and information on species characteristics, systematics, and ecology.Our main aim during the development of the app, was to allow a reliable and easy determination of European plant species. Hence, we consequently utilized the technical opportunities of smartphones so plants can be identified with only little botanical expert knowledge.Interested? - Just test the iFlora-App! You may install a free trial version, in which you can put the app to the acid test on the example of approximately 100 plant species. Within the map you later activate the modules you are interested in.In the English-language Version modules for e. g. trees, woody plants, or alpine plants can be activated. Furthermore, modules for the floras of the following Northwest and Central European countries are available- Flora of Austria- Flora of Belarus- Flora of Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg- Flora of Czechia- Flora of Denmark- Flora of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania- Flora of Finland- Flora of Germany- Flora of Great Britain- Flora of Hungary- Flora of Iceland- Flora of Ireland- Flora of Norway- Flora of Poland- Flora of Slovakia- Flora of Slovenia- Flora of Sweden- Flora of Switzerland