pcplantdb

[Bear Kaufmann <bear@ursine-design.com>]

Hello Ad,

Thanks for your interest in the PIW project.
The PFAF/PIW dataset currently provides only English common names that I 
know of.
But there are other databases that provide this information. The USDA 
GRIN database provides common names in a number of languages. It looks 
like they only provide a few Dutch translations, but they do provide a 
good deal of German and French translations.

Here's a plant listing:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?317351

Here's where you can download the database of common names:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/misc/tax/

You would want to provide a citation for GRIN if you use the data.

This would take a little bit of work to integrate into the database, but 
it would be useful. If you know MySQL, you may be able to do it 
yourself. I may be able to help, but I'm working on a number of projects 
right now.
We may want to work on incorporating this into the PIW dataset too.

Cheers,
Bear

Ad Vlems wrote:

> Hi members of the PIW team,
>  
> I am in the process of integrating the PFAF-database in my dutch 
> website. After this is done, and if the website is successful, I want 
> to have it translated to the most common other european languages, 
> like English, German and French. But to begin with, I need to have 
> translations of the plantnames in dutch at least.
> Does anybody know if there is such a translated table?
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> Ad Vlems
> www.permacultuur.net <http://www.permacultuur.net>