What's new?

Our new tables have all been enhanced with a number of new columns, filters and sorting options, to give you greater functionality when browsing your collection’s data.

• Taxa, accessions, and plant materials tables have been redesigned with a fresh layout
• Hide and show columns to customize your tables depending on your workflow
• Photos can now be viewed and filtered on in the materials table
• Materials overdue a follow-up can now be viewed and sorted
• Additional columns such as common name, tags and notes can be displayed
• Filter and sort on accession data such as provenance, and donor from the materials table
• + More filters, sorting and optional columns

Improvements

• Default table row count has been set to 25
• Pressing ⌘/Ctrl while clicking on table rows will open that record a new tab
• When returning to Hortis, you will be automatically directed to the last visited site
• The sidebar navigation has been reconfigured to display the last visited site as the default option
• Navigating back through a non-wild accession form will now exclude collection data fields

• ‍Improved genus validation in new accession input flow
• Fixed plant materials being incorrectly counted in search results
• Updated positioning of materials on the map so that users are navigated to the previous screen after changes are applied

Users now have suggestions of existing organisation donors/suppliers when creating and updating accessions. When filtering accessions, the suggestions are based on donors/suppliers from the current collection site.

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where certain filters were not applied when downloading CSVs
• Fixed an issue where 207 genera from Plants of the World Online were mistakenly associated with families from Catalogue of Life
• Updated some taxa that were assigned a synonym genus instead of an available accepted genus during the migration to shared taxonomy

Details around the taxonomic identification can now be recorded in new accession fields. These are designed to help institutions document the certainty of plant material identification, aligning with bioinformatics standards. You can opt-in to these fields using Site Settings.

• Add identification details when creating and updating accessions
• View identification qualifiers appended to the scientific name on accessions and associated plant materials

 Improvements

• Fixed an issue where accession collection data could not be removed

Users are now able to download selected records on both desktop and mobile. This sets up the framework for batch actions across the platform (such as updating and deleting records). This feature is especially handy when you need to export a specific subset of records after conducting searches or applying filters.

With integration to Plants of the World Online (POWO) for vascular plants and Catalogue of Life (COL) for non-vascular plants, our community can now access shared taxonomic data seamlessly. This allows users to utilise shared factual data, reducing the burden of individual input and maintenance, whilst making taxonomic referencing more efficient.

Details

• See details on genus status, family, and higher classifications on taxa records.
• Choose from a shared list of genera when adding new taxa.
• Filter by family on both list and map views for taxa specific to your site.
• Find family name within CSV downloads for materials, accessions, and taxa.

Improvements

• Resolved an issue blocking the creation of absent material during new accession entries.
• Taxa common names are now included in CSV downloads for plant materials and accessions.
• Switching sites via the navigation menu maintains your position on the same top-level page.

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Two new fields have been added to taxon records, allowing you to record a taxon description and natural distribution. The interpretation fields can be enabled/disabled from the Organisation settings page.

When downloading your taxa or plant material lists, the interpretation fields will be included – therefore helping you to create interpretation labels from your data.

Improvements

• Logging in from hortis.com now redirects straight to your organisation

Personalise your account by uploading your own profile picture, by navigating to the profile settings page. Admins can also upload custom logos for their organisation within the organisation Settings page.

Enable mass planting as an alternative to quantity for your plant materials. You can also filter and sort by mass planted materials in your list and map views.

Improvements

• Updated ‘Add material’ map drawer to include sorting and filtering
• Add material on map now returns back to list after placing material
• Settings pages have been freshened up

You can now add other base map layers or your own custom map layer to Hortis. Easily set a tile URL and a name to your custom map, and use the preview function to visualise and ensure its accuracy. Switch to the new layer whilst browsing the map or positioning of your materials. For more information on XYZ maps, head to this link.