Advance user can use the link option (PLANT) shown at left side-bar. For this, user must have sound knowledge on the classification system of the plant kingdom. The system follows Arthur Cronquist (1919-1992) classification as in An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (1981).

Step ¡¦1 Click the link (PLANT), new menu will be displayed showing Flowering plants and Non-flowering plants. Now the user has two options, and can be proceed from one link; on clicking the Non-flowering plants: Algae, Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes and Pteridophytes will display and clicking on flowering plants lead to Angiosperms and Gymnosperms, which further lead to the plant hierarchical system.

Note: In the present version of the database, plants in the Algae, Lichens, Bryophytes and Pteridophytes have not been incorporated, therefore the users will encounter dead ends with these links. The detailed classification and MAP species in these categories will be incorporated in near future with the extension of the database project. However, one species in each group of Fungi and Gymnosperms has been incorporated in the present database.

A or B option will lead to the particular MAP species. Each MAP species profile has five link options viz. Taxonomy, Ecology, Uses, Conservation & Management, and References & Remarks.

Step - 2 In each section, several collapsible heading will be displayed. You can select the required details by clicking the corresponding sections and headings in each section. The headings in each section can be collapsed or expanded by clicking the corresponding heading or clicking + or x button at upper part of the displayed page.

Digital images, Maps and Charts are presented in the form of thumbnail; by clicking in the corresponding thumbnail, these images can be enlarged.

At the bottom of each page, there is feedback option. The user can send their feedback, comments, new information or errors in the database using this option to ESON. Suggestions for improvement of the database are always welcome.