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Division of the project area into 'territories' which are indicated by two- or three-letter abbreviations:
| Abbr. | "Territory" | Abbr. | "Teritory" |
| Ab | Azerbaijan | Is | Iceland |
| Ab(A) | Azerbaijan | It | Italy |
| Ab(N) | Nakhichevan | It(I) | Italy |
| AE | East Aegean Is | It(S) | San Marino |
| Ag | Algeria | It(V) | Vatican City |
| Al | Albania | Jo | Jordan |
| Ar | Armenia | Ju | Former Yugoslavia |
| Ar(A) | Armenia | Kz | Kazakhstan in Europe |
| Ar(N) | Nagorno-Karabahkh | La | Katvia |
| Au | Austria with Liechtenstein | Le | Lebanon |
| Au(A) | Austria | Li | Libya |
| Au(L) | Liechtenstein | LS | Lebanon-Syria |
| Az | Azores | Lt | Lithuania |
| Az(C) | Corvo | Lu | Portugal |
| Az(F) | Faial | Ma | Morocco |
| Az(G) | Graciosa | Ma(M) | Morocco |
| Az(J) | Sao Jorge | Ma(S) | Spanish North African Territories |
| Az(L) | Flores | Ma(W) | Western Sahara |
| Az(M) | Sao Miguel | Mc | Macedonia |
| Az(P) | Pico | Md | Madeira |
| Az(S) | Santa Maria | Md(D) | Desertas |
| Az(T) | Terceira | Md(M) | Madeira |
| Be | Belgium with Luxembourg | Md(P) | Porto Santo |
| Be(B) | Belgium | Me | Malta |
| Be(L) | Luxembourg | Mo | Moldova |
| BH | Bosnia-Herzegovina | No | Norway |
| Bl | Baleares | Po | Poland |
| Bl(I) | Ibiza with Formentera | Rf | Russian Federation |
| Bl(M) | Mallorca | RF(A) | Novaya Zelya & Franz-Joseph |
| Bl(N) | Menorca | Rf(C) | Central European Russia |
| Br | Great Britain | Rf(CS) | North Caucasus |
| Bu | Bulgaria | Rf(E) | Eastern European Russia |
| By | Belarus | Rf(K) | Kaliningrad |
| Ca | Canary Is. | Rf(N) | Northern European Russia |
| Ca(C) | Gran Canaria | Rf(NW) | Northwest European Russia |
| Ca(F) | Fuerteventura with Lobos | Rf(S) | South European Russia |
| Ca(G) | Gomera | Rm | Romania |
| Ca(H) | Hierro | Rs | Former USSR |
| Ca(L) | Lanzarote with Graciosa | Rs(B) | Russia Baltic |
| Ca(P) | La Palma | Rs(C) | Russia Central |
| Ca(T) | Tenerife | Rs(E) | Russia Southeast |
| Co | Corse | Rs(N) | Russia Northern |
| Cr | Kriti with Karpathos, Kasos & Gavdhos | Rs(W) | Russia Southwest |
| Cs | Czech Republic | Sa | Sardenga |
| Ct | Croatia | Sb | Svalbard |
| Cy | Cyprus | Sc | Sicilia |
| Cz | Former Czechoslovakia | Sg | Selvagens |
| Da | Denmark with Bornholm | Si | Sicily with Malta |
| Eg | Egypt | Sl | Slovakia |
| EM | Euro+Med | Sn | Sinai |
| Es | Estonia | Su | Sweden |
| EUR | Europe | Sv | Slovenia |
| Gg(G) | Gruziya | Sy | Syria |
| Gr | Greece | Tn | Tunisia |
| Hb | Ireland | Tu | Turkey |
| Hb(E) | Ireland | Tu(A) | Turkey |
| Hb(N) | Northern Ireland | Tu(E) | Turkey in Europe |
| He | Switzerland | Uk | Ukraine |
| Ho | Netherlands | Uk(K) | Krym |
| Hs | Spain | Uk(U) | Ukraine |
| Hs(A) | Andorra | Yu | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Hs(G) | Gibraltar | Yu(K) | Kosovo |
| Hs(S) | Spain | Yu(M) | Montenegro |
| Hu | Hungary | Yu(S) | Serbia |
| IJ | Israel-Jordan | 21 | Macaronesia |
| Ir | Israel |
Distribution in individual territories are represented as a 6-character string [c1c2c3c4c5c6]. Characters and their meaning are given in the following tables:
c1: occurrence
| P | present |
| S | assumed present |
| D | doubt about presence |
| E | extinct |
| F | recorded as present in error |
| A | absent |
c2: native status
| N | native |
| S | assumed to be native |
| D | doubtfully native |
| E | formerly native (extinct) |
| A | not native |
| F | recorded as native in error |
c3: introduced status
| I | introduced |
| S | assumed to be introduced |
| D | doubtfully introduced |
| E | formerly introduced (extinct) |
| F | recorded as introduced in error |
| A | not introduced |
c4: introduction agency
| M | introduced by humans |
| N | introduced by natural means |
c5: cultivated status
| C | cultivated |
| S | assumed to be cultivated |
| D | doubtfully cultivated |
| E | formerly cultivated (extinct) |
| A | not cultivated |
| F | recorded as cultivated in error |
c6: distribution completness
| C | The taxon is known to occur only within this territory; it is endemic to the territory. |
| I | The taxon is known not to be endemic to the territory. |
| U | It is not known if the taxon is endemic to the territory. |
This page last edited 03.05.05.
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