The free Flora Helvetica Mini App shows all the features of the Flora Helvetica Pro model, but solely accommodates selected species. It permits fast testing and offers a good overview of the full version.

The full model incorporates pictures and species portraits of more than 3,300 plants rising in Switzerland and, with a multi-criteria key, enables plants to be identified based on simple characteristics. The Pro version also incorporates the confirmed dichotomous identification key.

The plant portraits are geared up with footage, distribution maps and informative texts. You can save your individual observations with the precise location in a subject book and report them to the nationwide information and knowledge heart Info Flora. In addition, favorites can be managed and your own observations can be enriched with photographs and notes.

The texts within the species portraits had been written and compiled by Gerhart Wagner and Andreas Gygax. The overwhelming majority of the colour photos are by Konrad Lauber.

The app was programmed by GeoMobile GmbH based mostly on the concept and idea of Haupt Verlag and the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève. The nationwide information and knowledge center Info Flora and heaps of Swiss botanists additionally contributed.

THE FUNCTIONS

Species filter

The species list permits you to browse and search in the species, optionally with the German or Latin resp. French or Latin species names, with the record displayed alphabetically or by guide number. With the filter, the list of species could be narrowed down according to desired traits corresponding to flowering time, geographical distribution or primarily based on households and genera.

Identify

To determine a species, there's a dichotomous identification key and a Multi-criteria key obtainable.

The dichotomous secret is structured in accordance with the standard botanical dichotomous scheme: Between each two listed characteristics, the one that applies to the plant to be identified must be selected until a species title appears. If you're not sure about a choice, you presumably can bookmark it so as to simply find your means back to the essential query. The list of species nonetheless in the choice can be considered at any time.

With the dynamic multi-criteria key, the selection and mixture of traits reduces the record of species. The more precisely the species may be described with traits, the extra precise the identification. Colored dots indicate how properly a characteristic is suitable for narrowing down the species.

Field e-book find reports

In the sphere guide, app customers have the option of including their very own pictures and notes to the app to enrich. Observations are saved with the precise coordinates (GPS) and may be exported via email. The finds may additionally be sent to the national knowledge and information center Info Flora using the reporting kind.

Language switch

Via a language add-on package deal (in-app purchase), the app could be bilingual - German/French - are loaded.

AVAILABLE FULL VERSIONS

Flora Helvetica Pro German/français - with dichotomous key and multi-criteria key

The Pro model incorporates all features of the app including both determination keys (Dichotomer and multi-criteria key) and can be prolonged with various in-app purchases.