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VICTORIA is an on-line information system on the lichens of Victoria Land (Continental Antarctica). It provides descriptions and pictures of taxa, as well as nomenclatural, taxonomic, distributional and ecological data. Moreover, VICTORIA offers two interactive identification tools, dichotomous and multi-criteria keys, to the species. Friendly interfaces, optimized hierarchy of characters and multi-criteria filters based on easy-to-observe characters facilitate the identification process. At present VICTORIA provides information on 57 species occurring in the Terra Nova Bay area.
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This project was supported by the Italian National Programme for Antarctic Research (PNRA), and by the National Research Program (PRIN) “A system of computerised tools for the creation of interactive floras of plants and fungi of Italy”, funded by MIUR and coordinated by P.L. Nimis, University of Trieste.
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Castello, M., Martellos, S. & Nimis, P.L. VICTORIA: an on-line information system on the lichens of Victoria Land (Continental Antarctica). Polar Biol 29, 604–608 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0095-0
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