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Aggie Horticulture Network
Sections include: Aggie Horticulture ; Horticulture Database Server ; Extension Horticulture ; hortIPM ; Vegetable Improvement Center ; Master Gardener Server ; Aggie Spuds ; Junior Master Gardner ; Webtutor ; WWW-Horticulture ; Phytochemicals ; Horticulture Server.
- Texas A&M University System
AlgaeBase
"...is an electronic store of information on the algae of the world and includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater forms. Currently, the data for seaweeds are the most complete, but data on other algae are accumulating continuously"
Andean Botanical Information System (ABIS) (Spanish or English)
"...presents information from floristic and systematic investigations of the flowering plants (phanerogams) of Andean South America. Topics include selected geographic regions and groups of Andean plants, flora of coastal Peru and Chile, floristic inventories from a variety of habitats in northern Peru, bibliographic resources, and searchable databases."
- LOMAFLOR
"...is a database of plant collection records for coastal Peru and northern Chile from communities termed lomas formations. The database is specimen-oriented and contains over 8700 records representing ferns [PTE], gymnosperms [GYM], monocotyledons [MON] and dicotyledons [DIC]."
Angiosperm DNA C-Values Database Query
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Aquaphyte (electronic journal)
"...covers news of interest to aquatic, wetland and invasive plant researchers, regulators, managers, students and others."
- Published by the University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
Arid Lands Newsletter Home Page
Arkansas Biodiversity: The Vascular Flora
"This project is based on information taken from An Atlas and Annotated List of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas, a product of Dr. Edwin B. Smith and the University of Arkansas Herbarium. Published in 1988 (2nd edition), and currently out of print, this volume provides a great deal of specific information on the vascular plants of Arkansas. A subset of that is provided here as background for the diversity/distribution mapping system...An experimental informatics system under development as a collaborative enterprise among faculty and students of the University of Arkansas Herbarium, the Biota of North America Program and the Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group"
Arkansas Biodiversity: The Vascular Flora
"This project is based on information taken from An Atlas and Annotated List of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas, a product of Dr. Edwin B. Smith and the University of Arkansas Herbarium. Published in 1988 (2nd edition), and currently out of print, this volume provides a great deal of specific information on the vascular plants of Arkansas. A subset of that is provided here as background for the diversity/distribution mapping system...An experimental informatics system under development as a collaborative enterprise among faculty and students of the University of Arkansas Herbarium, the Biota of North America Program and the Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group"
APIRS Online
The Database of Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plants
"The database includes annotated citations for more than 60,000 research articles, books and reports about plant ecology, physiology, utilization and control. Items in many languages dating back to the 18th century are in this inclusive database."
- University of Florida - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
ARS Genome Database Resource
"...is primarily a site for communication of Plant Genome data among scientists worldwide. The medium is a set of genome databases, similar to the ones for Human genome mapping and sequencing. They include data about : plant genes, chromosome maps, DNA fingerprints, beneficial traits, and crop varieties that possess those traits. The information is contributed by the scientists who discover it, and integrated into coherent databases by teams of scientific experts in each crop."
USDA-ARS Center for Agricultural Bioinformatics - (dead link)
The Art of Botanical Illustration
An Exhibition in Special Collection, The University of Delaware
"...highlights selections from the University of Delaware's Special Collections which show the development of botanical illustration from early printed books to the present day. The primary goal of botanical illustration is not art, but scientific accuracy. It must portray a plant with the precision and level of detail for it to be recognized and distinguished from another species."
Sections include: Herbals, Travel & Exploration ; Scientific Botany ; Women Artists ; Seed Catalogs ; Modern Botanicals.
Curated by Iris Snyder
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Atlas of Plant Anatomy
Sections include: Cells & Tissues ; Reproductive Structures ; Roots ; Stems ; Apical Meristems ; Leaves.
By Paul J. Schulte, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) - (dead link)
- "National Framework for the Management and Monitoring of Australia's Native Vegetation." - (dead link)
Bibliography of References Related to Seed Dormancy and/or Germination in Higher Plants
"This is a database of 12,000 items compiled by Prof. G.M. Simpson, Plant Sciences Department, College of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan. The Seed Bibliography covers material from the world literature on seed dormancy and germination from the 1890's to the present. Whereas recent publication on seeds is becoming very accessible through electronic indexes such as Agricola, CAB Abstracts, and Seed Abstracts, the significance of Prof. Simpson's database lies particularly in its coverage of the early literature."
BibliOrchidea - (dead link)
Orchid Literature Database and Bibliorgaphy
"Bibliorchidea (orchid literature database and bibliorgaphy ) consists of more than 105'000 citations of orchid literature of books and articles from more than 1'200 different periodicals, connected with a keyword catalogue of about 20'000 keywords. Bibliorchidea includes the citations of more than 60'000 orchid taxa on all levels between family and forma."
Registration required.
BIFLORA Database of Plants
"...is a scientific database with information about the highly endangered plant species of the island of Hainan, P.R. China, first. As a part of the Indo-Burma region this island is considered to be one of the "biodiversity hotspots" of the world...BIFLORATM consists for the most part of the contributions of local scientists in China. Their work documents and helps to gain valuable knowledge about the fragile environment."
Biodiversity and Biological Collections Server - (dead link)
"Within these pages you will find information about specimens in biological collections, taxonomic authority files, directories of biologists, reports by various standards bodies (IOPI, ASC, SA2000, etc), an archive of the Taxacom, MUSE-L and CICHLID-L listservs), access to on-line journals (including Flora On-line) and information about MUSE and Delta."
Maintained by Julian Humphries
Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft (BBA) (Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry) (German or English)
"...is engaged in plant pathology, entomology, plant protection and related fields. The BBA concerns itself with the effect of pesticides on humans, animals and the environment. The German Plant Protection Act defines the majority of its duties."
- Phytomed - Database
"The online searchable database PHYTOMED includes over 452.000 literature citations, partially abstracted, from 1 500 national and international sources (specialist periodicals, monographs, dissertations, offprints, proceedings, annual reports etc.) from 1965 to 1995 inclusively."
Botanical Electronic News (BEN Archive)
Botany for the Next Millennium
A Report from the Botanical Society of America
Botany Online - The Internet Hypertextbook (English or German)
The International Edition
Based on Botanik,by Peter von Sengbusch, 1989.
CABI Bioscience
"...integrates four former international biological institutes, the International Institute of Biological Control (IIBC), the International Institute of Entomology (IIE), the International Institute of Parasitology (IIP) and the International Mycological Institute (IMI)."
Databases
- Bibliography of Systematic Mycology - (dead link)
"...a survey of the literature encompassing the biodiversity, classification, distribution, evolution, identification, nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy of fungi (including those groups traditionally treated as fungi but now better classified in other kingdoms)."
- The Dictionary of the Fungi - (dead link)
"...contains the current consensus on the fungal taxonomic hierarchy to the rank of genus."
- Family Names - (dead link)
"...which includes authors, place of publication and type genus. This database will eventually be expanded to include all supra-familial ranks."
- IndexFungorum; aka funindex - (dead link)
"...contains over 345,000 names of fungi (including yeast, lichens, chromistan fungi, protozoan fungi and fossil forms) at species level and below."
ChromDB - The Plant Chromatin Database
"...accurate and up-to-date information on the entire known complement of chromatin proteins in plants, including functions and molecular phylogenetic relationships, with initial emphasis on Arabidopsis and maize..."
- Beginners Guide to Chromatin - (dead link)
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
- CCCR Spectral Databases - (dead link)
Databases include: Proton NMR Spectra of Xyloglucans and the GC-EIMS of Partially Methylated Alditol Acetates.
Cultivating Canadian Gardens: A History of Gardening in Canada
"...tells the story of the development of gardening in Canada through the books, periodicals, and printed materials collected, for the most part, by the National Library of Canada. It begins with the earliest recorded information on the plantings of the Hurons who had been tending their crops long before Europeans arrived in North America, and concludes with a brief look at the flood of printed material now available across the country."
Sections include: Planting the Seeds ; Cultivating the Garden ; The Cultivators ; Reaping the Harvest ; Bibliography ; Other Gardening Sites.
- National Library of Canada
Curtis Botanical Magazine
"William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist living in London, whose greater interest was the study of flora and insects. Mr. Curtis maintained a large garden where he grew beautiful exotic plants. These images are taken from The Curtis Botanical Magazine, which William Curtis began publishing in 1787. This digital presentation represents one thousand eighteen images, their information records and over two thousand four hundred forty-one related title pages from the first 26 volumes. The entire print collection of 164 volumes is housed at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland.
Evolution of Crop Plants
An excellent course page by Paul Gepts, UC, Davis with online images and lecture notes
DRYAD - A Database of Trees - (dead link)
"This searchable database contains 958 species and cultivars selected for use in the Dutch urban environment. For each tree, an extensive description was compiled by IBN-DLO, the Institute for Forestry and Nature Research."
Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI)
The Netherlands
- World Biodiversity Database (WBD)
"...is a continuously growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million) and to make this important biological information worldwide accessible. Access to this online information system is free of charge for noncommercial use: scientific and educational purposes."
- World Taxonomist Database (WTD)
Online taxonomists directory service.
- UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisims - (dead link)
"The register is basically only a list of species names but it is tried to add at least some additional information, including author names, vernacular names, information on geographical and bathymetrical distribution and NODC numerical codes. Synonyms are added but only if they are still in use or were used in recent times."
Fruits of Warm Climates
Online text by Julia F. Morton
Fungus 2000 - (dead link)
"The Fungus 2000 Database - (dead link) contains details on the first collections of species made during 2000. There may be two records per species, one indicating the first collection and the second indicating a voucher specimen."
British Mycological Society
Garden and Forest - (dead link)
1888-1897
From Making of America online journals
Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History - Bishop Museum
- Hawaii Biological Survey
- Hawaiian Flowering Plant Checklist Database - (dead link)
"...is an authority file of names of recognized native and naturalized angiosperm taxa in the Hawaiian Islands. It is updated annually to incorporate newly published island and state records, nomenclatural and taxonomic changes, and newly described native taxa. The file does not include any synonyms or cross-referencing of names. The Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i (Wagner et al. 1990) serves as the foundation for this checklist."
HerbMed - (dead link)
Evidence-Based Herbal Database
"...an interactive, electronic herbal database ñ provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public. HerbMedÆ is a project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc, provided as a freely available, public resource."
HortiPlex Plant Database
"...contains plant images and data as well as links to information sources, images and vendors at other sites."
Illustrated Glossary of Plant Pathology
By C. J. D'Arcy, D. M. Eastburn, and G. L. Schumann
Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers (IPCN)
"...aims to extract and index original plant chromosome numbers of naturally occurring and cultivated plants published throughout the world. A committee of voluntary contributing editors, located in various parts of the world, reviews sets of serial titles assigned to them and returns the information to the editors for collation in the Index."
Missouri Botanical Garden
International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
"...is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names...IPNI is the product of a collaboration between The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium.
Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
3407 species in 455 genera
"This site is compiled from photos collected from growers around the world..." Compiled by Jay Pfahl
INVADERS Database System
"...is a comprehensive database of exotic plant names and weed distribution records for five states in the northwestern United States. The spatial and temporal spread of weeds can be displayed using the historic distribution records in INVADERS. The INVADERS web site contains actual examples of how land management and weed regulatory agencies are using these data to improve their weed management programs. Noxious weed listings are provided for all US states and six southern tier Canadian provinces."
By Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana
IOPI Database of Plant Databases (DPD) - (dead link) "The Database of Plant Databases (DPD for short) is a global list of plant databases, to tell you who is putting together what data and where. The DPD contains virtually no plant data as such, but serves to put you in contact with the projects that do. Most, but not all, entries concern databases about higher plants. Roughly speaking, there are three kinds of database: Taxonomic databases, with systematic information on families or genera, or for Flora projects ; Collection catalogues, usually of herbaria ; DELTA datasets. DELTA is the Description Language for Taxonomy, a data format for character data, used for identification, key construction and the generation of descriptions."
International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI)
Kew Scientist
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Native Plant Information Network - (dead link)
"The purpose of the Native Plant Information Network is to distribute and promote a diverse array of accessible and scientifically accurate native plant materials for the Texas Hill Country, the state of Texas and the Nation."
Sections include: Hill Country Horticulture ; National Directory ; Propagation Datasheets ; Clearinghouse Publications ; Native Plant Library ; Success Stories ; FAQ's ; Slide Shows ; TWC Species List.
Missouri Botanical Garden
- Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador
"The Internet version of the Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador (W≥CEC) is organized so that each botanical name has its own page that is linked to other pages. The Catalogue is designed to give users an overview of the plant species found in Ecuador and allows them to easily navigate and browse the information currently available."
- Photo Essays at the Missouri Botanical Garden
"Travel with our botanists as they collect in different parts of the world, see some of the plants they collect, and learn more about the countries they collect in."
- Preserving and Digitizing Plant Images - (dead link)
Linking Plant Images and Databases for Public Access
"The purpose of our project is to link plant images with their associated data in TROPICOS, the Missouri Botanical Garden's web database, and make the images and data available online at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html. By doing this, we will create a repository for plant images to which other botanical organizations can contribute."
- W3TROPICOS
"This site provides access to the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database and associated authority files."
National Academy Press - (free online versions)
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture
Prepared by the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy, the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Third World Academy of Sciences, 2000.
National Science Foundation
- Realizing the Potential of Plant Genomics:
From Model Systems to the Understanding of Diversity
Mission Statement: "To exploit the revolution in plant genomics by understanding the function of all plant genes within their cellular, organismal and evolutionary context and to create an information structure to coordinate, integrate, analyze and make accessible knowledge about plant biology."
Native American Ethnobotany
"A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants."
By Dan Moerman, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Natural History Museum, London, England
- Historical Collections in the Botany Department - (dead link) "important collections held in the Botany Dept, dating from c.1600-"
NeoFlora
"NeoFlora is the world's largest plant database containing over 38,000 plant entries. And with enthusiasts such as yourself adding their comments, tips and photos, it is always growing...Each plant in our database has it's own profile which includes such extensive detail as hardiness, plant characteristics, tolerances, planting and care instructions."
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
"...designed to assist botanists, ecologists, and natural resource managers with the identification of plants. It should also prove useful to educators in the classroom as well as students who are required to learn plants as a part of their studies."
Digital Orchid Library
"The Digital Orchid Library is a collaboration between Michigan State University, the American Orchid Society, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the National Agricultural Library."
Plant Diseases Annoucements (PDA) - (dead link)
"Collaborating with the ProMED Project (Federation of American Scientists), AgNIC presents a searchable archive of the emerging plant disease announcements posted to the ProMED-mail mailing list."
Agricultural Network Information Center (AgNIC)
Plant Image Gallery
"...contains about 2.000 pictures of plants native to several parts of the world. Pictures of plants from Europe, Costa Rica and Galapagos Islands were taken during botanical field trips. Additionally, a considerable number of close-ups are among them obtained by use of a microscope. Pictures of plants native to other parts of the worlds were mainly made in botanical gardens."
Created and maintained by Thomas Schoepke, Institute of Pharmacy at Greifswald University
Plants-In-Motion
Time-lapse photography of plants growing and changing.
Movie Categories include: Germination ; Photomorphogenesis ; Tropisms ; Nastic Movements ; Circadian Responses ; General Growth ; Flowers ; Cellular Responses.
By Roger P. Hangarter, Dept. of Biology, Indiana University
The Postcode Plants Database
"Our aim is to encourage gardeners and other horticulturalists to plant the native trees, shrubs and flowers which are local to their areas. The Postcode Plants Database generates lists of native plants and wildlife for any specified postal district in the UK."
- The Natural History Museum, London
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
"this site is a gateway to our science, our horticulture, our education and exhibition programmes, and much much more. Our mission is to explore and explain the world of plants."
Safeguarding American Plant Resources
A safeguarding review by National Plant Board (NPB) at the request of the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA,APHIS,PPQ)
A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland
A joint project of The Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden and the Museum Informatics Project at the University of California at Berkeley.
Systematic Botany and Mycology - Fungal Databases - (dead link)
Sections include: Nomenclature ; Specimens ; Saccardo Index ; Fungus-Host Distributions ; Literature ; Index of Fungi.
Terrestrial Vegetation of the United States - (dead link)
The National Vegetation Classification System
"This two-volume publication presents the first standardized classification of the terrestrial ecological communities of the United States ever developed at a scale fine enough to be used in making local, site-specific conservation decisions. It is a significant tool for understanding U.S. ecological systems and for applying this knowledge to protect biological diversity."
The Nature Conservancy
Tree Physiology
"There is unrestricted on-line access to a sample selection of recent articles in Tree Physiology and the first Tree Physiology On-Line Monograph: Responses of woody plants to flooding and salinity by Professor T. T. Kozlowski."
United States Dept. of Agriculture - National Plant Data Center
"...acquires, develops, improves, and disseminates plant information to support NRCS and other efforts to improve the ecological health of the land. NPDC works with partners to incorporate plant data into the agency's automated tools."
- PLANTS National Database
"The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories."
University of California, Berkeley - University and Jepson Herbaria
University of Connecticut Plant Database - (dead link)
"...a site dedicated to the ornamental attributes, appropriate use and identification of landscape plants...At the core of this site is a multimedia plant database coupled with on-line campus walks for each participating school.
University of Florida - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
7000 pages of information and resources.
Sections include: Plant Information & Images ; Meetings and Books ; Prohibited Plant Laws and Lists ; Online Books & Articles ; Plant Manuals, Field Guides and Textbooks ; Biological Control Insects.
Urban Habitats (electronic journal)
"A peer-reviewed electronic journal on the biology of urban areas around the world."
Vascular Plant Image Gallery
- Bioinformatics Working Group, Texas A&M University
The World Leucaena Catalogue - (dead link)
"The genus Leucaena (largely native to Mexico and central America), has attracted widespread attention for its usefulness as a multipurpose plant throughout the tropics and subtropics. The most widely grown species (L. leucocephala) has spread throughout the tropical world, being a valuable source of fodder and fuel. In the past two decades, there has been increasing interest in the other species in the genus. The compilation of a World Leucaena Catalogue was agreed to be a high priority at an International Workshop held in Bogor, Indonesia, in January 1994."
- International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
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