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Appendix A - Quick Start Instructions
Revised through 18 December 2006
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Step 1: With sample in hand, go to the Overview. Step 2: Starting at the beginning of the Overview, look for a character, or set of characters, in your sample that matches a description leadings to a genus or Group at the right margin, i.e., work sequentially as you would do in a traditional dichotomous key. Step 3: Go to the appropriate Group, and again work sequentially through the character options until a match is found between your sample and a presumptive genus. Step 4: Note that the two letter abbreviations at the end of a descriptive line leading to a genus are Geographical Abbreviations (see Key at end of Concordance).
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