ACRA Acronyms

• ABRS - Australian Biological Resources Study
• ACRA - Australian Cultivar Registration Authority
• ALA - Atlas of Living Australia
• ANBG - Australian National Botanic Gardens
• ANH - Australian National Herbarium
• ANPS - Australian Native Plants Society
• AVH - Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• CHABG - Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens
• CHAH - Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria
• CPBR - Centre for Plant Biodiversity Reserach
• CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
• DUS - Distinctness, Uniformity, Stability
• GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Network
• NHT - Natural Heritage Trust
• HISCOM - Herbarium Information Systems Committee
• HIAA - Horticultural Industry Association of Australia
• ICBN - International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
• ICNCP - International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
• ICRA - International Cultivar Registraltion Authorities
• IOPI - International Organization for Plant Information
• ISHS - International Society for Horticultural Science
• PBR - Plant Breeder's Rights
• SGAP - Society for Growing Australian Plants (now see ANPS)
• TDWG - Taxonomic Databases Working Group
• TRIN - Taxonomy Research and Information Network
• UPOV - International Union for the protection of New Varieties of Plants

-- JimCroft - 20 Jan 2009