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# Suggest Valid Names OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/species/Valid Names/Suggest Valid Names
## DESCRIPTION
### Looks in the list of valid names for perfect matching entry with a species full name. Either a valid name, a heteronym, a homonym or change of name. On matching the the valid name is written to a new database container called Valid_Name in the field NameString. A second field of this container called DescType tells about the species full name's status. I.e. whether it is the valid name, a heteronym, a homonym or misspelled. Three letters indicate species or genus, and three letter the status.
## NOTES
### Subspecies are not taken into account yet.
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### None
## BUGS
### No bugs known