Botany Links & General Resources

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Scott's Botanical Links
"This site is my effort to compile useful botany education resources for the advanced high school (AP-biology) and college level. Internet resources vary in quality, so I have rated sites on a 4-star scale emphasizing educational value, completeness and scientific correctness."
Another great online resource from Prof. Russell.
Dr. Scott Russell, Dept. of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma

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American Indian Ethnobotany Database - (dead link)
Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native North American Peoples
By Dan Meorman, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Michigan

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."

Botanical Specialists & Literature - (dead link)
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network

Chez Marco's Botanical Diversity - (dead link)
A wonderful collection resources. The Plant Photo Pages of over 200 plant species is especially good. Designed for secondary level students but all can have fun going through these pages.

Department of Botany - (dead link)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Flora of China - (dead link)
This Magellan Four star site includes Manuscripts, Data, Images, and Editorial Centers. More than 600 scientists from throughout the world are cooperating in the preparation of individual treatments of the Flora.

Harvard University Herbarium - (dead link)

Hawaiian Native Plant Genera
"This is a collection of nearly 400 images of plants occurring naturally in Hawaii. Most of these species are endemic, i.e., unique to Hawaii."
By Dr. Gerald Carr, Botany Dept., University of Hawaii

Internet Directory for Botany - (dead link)
"The Internet Directory of Botany is an index to botanical information available on the Internet...It consists of two parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory."
Compiled by Anthony R. Brach, Harvard University Herbarium, et al.

Introduction to the Plant Kingdom
" Dr. Sean Carrington of the Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI) has put together this excellent Website as a supplement to a first-year botany course. The Website is well conceived and beautifully constructed, and covers algae through seed plants with illustrations and examples drawn mainly from the Caribbean region. Each chapter includes text, figures, tables, and color photographs, and is linked to laboratory assignments and a series of exam questions related to recently gained knowledge. The site also offers handouts, a glossary, and related links. For anyone seeking a solid introduction to plants, this site is an excellent contribution. [LXP]"
From The Scout Report for Science & Engineering [04/12/00], Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

National Museum of Natural History - Dept. of Systematic Biology - Botany
Smithsonian Institution

  • Algae Home Page - (dead link)
    • The Algae Collection - (dead link)
      "...is comprised of marine, estuarine, freshwater, terrestrial (including cave) and airborne algae. The principal holdings are marine and macroscopic, and belong to the Divisions (=Phyla) BACILLARIOPHYTA, CHLOROPHYTA, CYANOBACTERIA, PHAEOPHYTA and RHODOPHYTA. The collection also has smaller, but significant holdings of CHAROPHYTA, CHRYSOPHYTA, CRYPTOPHYTA, EUGLENOPHYTA AND XANTHOPHYTA...is represented by over 187,078* accessioned and inventoried herbarium specimens preserved on herbarium sheets. The herbarium sheets are catalogued by number and detail the taxonomic, geographic, and collection data for each specimen (including cross-references to the applicable support collections and the computerized inventory database)."

National Plant Data Center - (dead link)
"...focuses resources on the acquisition, development, integration, quality control, dissemination and access of plant information."
Includes access to the PLANTS Photogallery
- USDA-NRCS

Native Nursery
A Comprehensive Internet Site Relating to Native Australian Flora and the Environment

PBS - NOVA - Orchid Hunter
Website companion to the TV broadcast.
"NOVA investigates an all-consuming passion for orchids, nature's most highly evolved plant."
Sections include: Orchid Gallery ; A Plant With Smarts ; Great Amateurs in Science ; Classifying Life ; Links & Books ; Program Transcript

Phylogenetics Resources
Topics includes Societies, Meetings, Publications, Databases, Software, and Miscellaneous
By Brian R. Speer

Plant Cell Biology - (dead link)
Contains an extensive collection of related links
- Lund University, Sweden


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Plant Cultures: Exploring Plants & People
"The central aim of Plant Cultures is to convey the richness and complexity of links between Britain and South Asia, through the story of plants and people. It is aimed at anyone interested in understanding the world around them."
Sections include: Plants ; Themes ; Stories ; Pictures ; Activities ; Schools.

Plant Genome Data and Information Center
"...provides access to a variety of information products and services on all aspects of plant and animal genome mapping."
USDA, ARS National Agricultural Library

Plant Science Page
University of Nebraska, AGNIC

PLANTS Projects
Links to the seven USDA Plants projects

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."

Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney - (dead link)

  • Centre for Plant Conservation - (dead link)
  • PlantNET - (dead link)
    The Plant Information Network System
    "...can be searched for information on New South Wales plant names, their distribution and their conservation status."
    • The Cycad Pages - (dead link)
      "Web access to a botanical database developed from The World List of Cycads, with a page for every known cycad."
      Maintained by Ken Hill
    • Freshwater Algae - (dead link)
      Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia
      Compiled by Tim Entwisle and Lucy Nairn
    • National Herbarium of New South Wales - Catalogue of Type Specimens - (dead link)
      "Preserved type specimens are the basis and permanent reference point for scientific plant names. These types are an essential resource for botanists and students of biodiversity world-wide, ensuring that plant names are always properly applied and understood
    • New South Wales Biodiversity Research Network - (dead link)
      "This website summarises the current state of biodiversity research relating to NSW, and identifies gaps and priorities for future research. If you are a researcher looking for collaborators, a student looking for a project, or are simply interested in biodiversity research, you have come to the right place."

Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada)

  • Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN)
    "Our objective is to preserve the biological diversity of Canada's of rare and endangered native plant species, wild habitats and ecosystems through the education and conservation programs of our member botanical gardens and arboreta..."
    "Resources" include: Biodiversity ; Botanical Gardens ; Conservation Data ; Endangered Plants ; Other Organizations ; Web Links.
  • Native Orchids of Canada - (dead link)
    "The Orchid Society of Royal Botanical Gardens has compiled information on Canadian Native Orchids. The following is a database of orchids, organized by genus. The information included is location, specific habitat, flowering season, description, and comments. Also included are photographs of habitat, plant and flower."

Southwest School of Botanical Medicine - (dead link)
Includes an extensive collection of Images as well as Manuals, Folios, Classic Texts, and Research

Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory
"Research into the systematics of fungi and vascular plants essential to solving problems in sustainable and conventional agriculture."
Agricultural Research Service, USDA

TAIR - The Arabidopsis Information Resource - (dead link)
"provides a comprehensive resource for the scientific community working with Arabidopsis thaliana, a widely used model plant. TAIR consists of a searchable relational database, which includes many different datatypes."
A collaboration between the Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Plant Biology, Stanford, California, and the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), Santa Fe, New Mexico.

TreeD
"A useful tool which can easily and quickly give a very precise estimate of the surface area of any given tree, field, anything you want..."

Vascular Plant Family Access Page
Gerald Carr, University of Hawaii - Botany Department

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.

What is Photosynthesis
"Although seemingly simple in concept, the photosynthesis process is very complicated. Follow these links to articles that discuss photosynthesis at varying degrees of complexity."
Center for the Study of Early Events in Photosynthesis, Arizona State University

Woody Plant Ecology
Topics include: Invasive woody plants ; Temperate Forest Ecology ; Tropical Forest Ecology ; Forestry ; Sand Dune Ecology ; Publications.
By Pierre Binggeli

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Botany (Biosciences)
An alphabetical listing of Internet resources. A good source for links to university departments, Centers, and Institutes.
Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma





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