How to Link to the Atlas

The Plant Atlas has been designed to allow external websites to dynamically link to individual species and issue URL-based searches. This method allows you to link to the Atlas without knowing individual unique species identifiers.

1. Use the following syntax to link to a species page on the Atlas:
   http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?q=Genus+species
2. Search for species within a specific family (and link to family page) using this syntax:
   http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?cat=family&text=Rhamnaceae
3. Use the following syntax to search for a specific genus:
   http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?cat=genus&id=2145&text=Rhamnus

Examples:

• Accepted Name match: http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?q=Frangula+caroliniana
• Synonym match: http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?q=Rhamnus+caroliniana
• Family match: http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?cat=family&text=Rhamnaceae
• Genus match: http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?cat=genus&text=Rhamnus
• Results when search term not found: http://www.floraofalabama.org/Results.aspx?q=zzzRhamnuszzz