Ciao magev

Part of the issue is branching overload.

For this kind of thing "working backwards" may help. By which I mean *can 
you visualise what the tree should look like* at its branchings to be 
manageable? (E.g. 600 items listed in a Tiddler is likely too much, so WHAT 
is the SUB-division? 10, 50, 100?).

ONE suggestion is to add further levels so that, for instance, genus, is 
sub-divided in some way ... maybe by morphological features of the plants 
by genus groups (if possible), or by simple grouped indices on names.

In you current thinking the hierarchy is a strict descent line. But there 
is no reason I can see you could not interlace descriptive or denotative 
groupings that could make the volume more manageable in its presentation. 
That's what botanists tend to do in practice in complex situations. The 
classic "botanical key characteristic identification system" has a lot of 
utility I think.

Just a thought from an amateur botanist :-).

Best wishes
Josiah


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