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Searching
Querying
"What is this plant?"

* Plant taxonomists
  Alpha taxonomy
  Revision

* Molecular biologists
  "What traits are associated with this sequence?"
  "What species have this trait?"
   
* Ecologists
  "What species have this trait?"
  "What habitats are this species found in?"
  "Where is it found?"
  "What is found in this location?"

* Tree people (phylogeneticists)
  Why does my tree look like this?
    "Build me the character matrix for all the species in my tree."
    Species distributions.

* All other biologists
  
* Border agents
   "What is this plant?"
   "Should this plant be allowed into Canada?"

* Policy makers
  What legislation (or other regulations) pertain to this species?
  Does this legislation cover any species that I care about?  

* Citizen scientists
  "What plants will I find in Algonquin Park in July." (check list production)

* General public
  "Can I eat this?" 
  
* Searchers for authoritative names
  "What is the current accepted name?"
  What are synonyms, vernacular names, etc.?