@JKP:
I've made an estimate on the herbal books I hold here in my private physical collection, if there are 50 herbals in each book, and I have about 100 books on herbals, that makes 5000 descriptions of herbals together. These are all books older than the year 1900.
Then there is the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. which holds about 6000 German and old English synonyms of Helmut Klug, the Philip Neal page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.holds 192 Latin names & pictures. We have the local You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of biolib of course and the Dioscoridis Materia Medica of MS 652 and the Vieann plants and plant names, which were written in Greek and latin together. That list holds about 750 names, and there is of course much more, but most people here have an higher degree in plants than myself. (And of course there is the plant DNA database which holds ALL plants on this planet) Then, I want to show that a small blog on the exploding cucumber (I've also mentioned it somewhere else here on ninja) is fun to read, here on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Finally, again, I want to say that it is and will be impossible to identify any herbal in the VMS based on plants or plant pictures.
If there is a chance to do it, it will come from the text, not from pictures. But of course, have fun looking at the pictures!
I've made an estimate on the herbal books I hold here in my private physical collection, if there are 50 herbals in each book, and I have about 100 books on herbals, that makes 5000 descriptions of herbals together. These are all books older than the year 1900.
Then there is the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. which holds about 6000 German and old English synonyms of Helmut Klug, the Philip Neal page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.holds 192 Latin names & pictures. We have the local You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of biolib of course and the Dioscoridis Materia Medica of MS 652 and the Vieann plants and plant names, which were written in Greek and latin together. That list holds about 750 names, and there is of course much more, but most people here have an higher degree in plants than myself. (And of course there is the plant DNA database which holds ALL plants on this planet) Then, I want to show that a small blog on the exploding cucumber (I've also mentioned it somewhere else here on ninja) is fun to read, here on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Finally, again, I want to say that it is and will be impossible to identify any herbal in the VMS based on plants or plant pictures.
If there is a chance to do it, it will come from the text, not from pictures. But of course, have fun looking at the pictures!