DaffSeek 水仙花数据库 (Daffodil Database with Photos) 是由美国水仙花协会 (American Daffodil Society, ADS) 官方赞助的国际性水仙花品种数据查询平台, 由加州开发者 Ben Blake 设计并自 2006 年起持续维护. 平台收录逾 31,000 份水仙花栽培种与原生种档案, 配套约 44,000 张高清照片以及杂交谱系、衍生后代、染色体倍数与育种植株号等扩展字段, 已成为水仙花爱好者、育种工作者和园艺研究者开展品种鉴定、杂交规划与历史溯源的核心公开资源.
项目背景与平台定位
DaffSeek 由 Ben Blake 于 2006 年正式上线, 设计初衷是为水仙花爱好者、育种家与学术研究者提供一个将栽培种档案、原生种资料与高清照片融为一体的在线查询工具. 项目源码与谱系图表程序分别登记 Copyright © 2006-2026 与 2007-2026, 长期由 ADS 以非营利方式赞助运营. 平台定位于公益性园艺数据资源, 不直接销售种球或植株, 所有数据均可通过网站免费检索; 数据中心与带宽成本主要依靠 ADS 会员费与社会捐赠 (含 Wholesale Flowerbulbs 的长期年度资助) 维持, 同时接受使用者加入 ADS 或直接捐赠以支持长期运维.
数据内容与查询功能
平台的初始数据库来自美国水仙花协会前数据主管 Mary Lou Gripshover 于 2005 年 10 月提交的 “ADS Databank” 电子表格, 含约 12,000 份栽培种记录, 此后逐步扩展至涵盖 31,000 余份水仙花栽培种与原生种档案. 核心查询功能包括: 栽培种名称关键字检索 (支持起始匹配与全名子串匹配两种模式)、别名辅助查询、杂交亲本与衍生后代追溯、染色体倍数查询、生育力与可育性查询、特殊分类与颜色代码解释等模块. 照片部分由 Nancy Tackett 协调 26 个国家的 400 余位摄影志愿者提供约 44,000 张图片, 同时纳入 14 个国家 75 家历史文献机构贡献的 1,471 张史料插图, 形成了栽培种现状图像与历史出版图像并重的双层视觉档案.
协作团队与多语种资源
DaffSeek 的内容质量由跨学科专家与志愿者网络共同维护. 原生种数据与历史图像于 2010 年由国际知名水仙属 (Narcissus) 植物学专家团队系统整理入库, 学名与分类口径沿用英国皇家园艺学会 (Royal Horticultural Society, RHS) 发布的 Narcissus 属植物名汇编, 保证了植物分类学的权威性. 育种谱系与衍生后代图表由 Lachlan Keown 与 Ben Blake 共同开发, 为杂交家系研究提供可视化工具. 多语种翻译项目由 Ben Blake 在 2008 年赴欧洲参加世界水仙花大会后启动, 旨在将平台扩展为面向全球主要水仙花产区母语使用者的开放资源, 由 Henry Shejbal 担任翻译指导, 多国志愿者团队持续协作推进. 历史档案部分则得到 14 个国家 75 家历史出版机构与私人收藏者授权, 将 19 世纪以来的水仙花图谱、目录与期刊插图数字化并入库, 弥合了历史文献与当代育种数据的断层.
隶属体系与数据引用
DaffSeek 是美国水仙花协会 (ADS, 1954 年成立的 501(c)(3) 非营利教育组织) 官方赞助的核心数字项目之一, 与协会旗下 daffodilusa.org、daffnet.org、dafflibrary.org、dafftube.org 等专题站点共同构成美国水仙花学术与推广资源矩阵. 国际合作层面与英国皇家园艺学会 (RHS, Narcissus 属国际登录权威机构) 及国际水仙花登录体系保持长期数据互通. 平台鼓励使用者通过论文或著作引用 DaffSeek 数据时遵循标准学术引用规范, 网站提供 MLA、APA、Chicago、CSE 等格式的引文模板, 并就作者署名、版本日期、访问路径与版权归属给出统一说明, 以保障数据库作为公开学术资源的可持续再使用.
DaffSeek (Daffodil Database with Photos) is an internationally recognised daffodil cultivar data and photo query platform sponsored by the American Daffodil Society (ADS), designed and maintained since 2006 by California-based developer Ben Blake. The platform currently holds records for more than 31,000 daffodil cultivars and species, accompanied by approximately 44,000 high-resolution photographs, and adds extended fields such as hybrid parentage, descendant charts, chromosome counts and seedling designations, making it a primary open reference for daffodil identification, hybridising planning and historical cultivar tracing worldwide.
Project Background and Platform Positioning
DaffSeek was launched in 2006 by Ben Blake with the original goal of providing daffodil enthusiasts, hybridisers and academic researchers a single online tool that integrates cultivar records, species information and high-resolution photographs. The website design and code, along with the pedigree and descendant chart programs, are copyrighted © 2006-2026 and 2007-2026 respectively, with the platform operated on a non-profit basis under ADS sponsorship. The platform positions itself as a public horticultural data resource and does not sell bulbs or plants; all data are freely searchable online. Data-center and bandwidth costs are sustained primarily through ADS memberships and donations, including significant annual support from Wholesale Flowerbulbs, and additional contributions from users joining ADS or donating directly to help cover long-term operating expenses.
Data Content and Query Functions
The initial database was supplied in October 2005 by Mary Lou Gripshover, then ADS Data Bank custodian, in the form of an “ADS Databank” spreadsheet containing roughly 12,000 cultivar records, and has since expanded to cover over 31,000 daffodil cultivar and species entries. Core query functions include: cultivar-name keyword search (supporting both prefix and full-name substring matching), alternate-name lookup, parentage and descendant tracing, chromosome-count query, fertility query, plus dedicated help modules for special classes, divisions, colour codes and seedling pedigree interpretation. The photographic archive is coordinated by Nancy Tackett, who works with more than 400 contributing photographers across 26 countries to acquire approximately 44,000 images, and is complemented by 1,471 historic illustrations contributed by 75 source institutions in 14 countries, creating a dual-layer visual archive that combines contemporary cultivar photography with 19th- and 20th-century published botanical art.
Collaborative Team and Multilingual Resources
DaffSeek’s content quality is sustained through a network of subject-matter experts and volunteers. Species data and historic images were formally incorporated in 2010 by a team of internationally recognised botanical experts in the genus Narcissus, and the species nomenclature follows the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) compilation of Narcissus botanical names, ensuring taxonomic authority. The pedigree and descendant chart programs were co-developed by Lachlan Keown and Ben Blake, providing visualised hybridising tools for breeders. The multilingual translation effort was initiated by Ben Blake after attending the 2008 World Daffodil Convention in Europe, with the long-term goal of supporting the primary languages of all major daffodil-growing regions; Henry Shejbal serves as translation mentor, and a global team of volunteers continues to extend platform coverage. The historic archive further integrates 1,471 images and illustrations from 75 source institutions across 14 countries, bridging 19th-century botanical publications, grower catalogues and journal plates with contemporary cultivar records.
Affiliation Network and Data Citation
DaffSeek is one of the official flagship digital projects sponsored by the American Daffodil Society (ADS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organisation founded in 1954, and sits alongside affiliated sites such as daffodilusa.org, daffnet.org, dafflibrary.org and dafftube.org within the broader American daffodil resource network. Internationally, the platform maintains long-term data interoperability with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the International Registration Authority for the genus Narcissus, as well as with the international daffodil register and classified list. The platform encourages academic and popular citations of DaffSeek data in MLA, APA, Chicago or CSE formats, with on-site guidance covering author attribution, version date, access path and copyright statement to ensure sustainable reuse of the dataset as a public scholarly resource.
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