Search Tips

You can use wildcards (*) to help you search.  The following are some examples to help you search for commodities (using Abies as an example).

Using the * wildcard

If you want to find commodities with a common beginning, enter the beginning text followed by an *. E.g., The search results for the Botanical Name abies* may include: Abies alba, abies amabilis, abies balsamea etc.  Please note that results are not returned if there is no current summary information mapping to the commodities which match the search criteria.

If you want to find commodities with a common ending, enter the * followed by the ending text. E.g., The search results for the Botanical Name *amabilis may include: Abies alba, Abronia alba and Acarospora cinereoalba (amongst others).

If you want to find commodities with a common beginning and ending, enter the beginning text, followed by the *, followed by the ending text. E.g., The search results for the Common Name b*alba may include: Baptisia alba, Basella alba and Bidens alba.

If you want to find every combination of a commodity, enter the * before and after your text. E.g., The search results for the Common Name *amabilis* will include every commodity with the word amabilis in it.

Please note that search text is not case sensitive.