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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"

Angiosperm DNA C-Values Database Query
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

BeanRef - (dead link)
"BeanRef is a collection of external links and references from literature to different aspects of research on beans (Phaseolus and Vigna)."
Mario Nenno, Division of Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern

Carnivorous Plant Database - (dead link)
"This database includes over 3000 entries giving an exhaustive nomenclatural synopsis of all Carnivorous Plants."

Cellulose Electronic Network, The - (dead link)
Includes directories of researchers & companies, library, news, conferences, and links
By Sean Megason, University of Texas at Austin

The Charms of Duckweed
An Introduction to the Smallest Flowering Plants
By John W. Cross

Chytrid Fung Online
A PEET Project Website
"Here you will find information on members of the order Chytridiales in the phylum Chytridiomycota (Kingdom Fungi), including a description of genera, tips and techniques on how to isolate chytrids, current hypotheses of chytrid phylogeny, links to other relevant websites, and a searchable reference database. The goal of this site is to provide an online resource for students, teachers, and researchers wanting to learn more about chytrids as well as an easily accessed interface for taxonomic information. Since the work on chytridialean taxonomy and phylogeny is an on-going process, this site will be continually updated to reflect the changes brought about by new research."
- University of Georgia - Plant Biology Department

Cirsium Web Sites - (dead link)
A great resource for those working with Thistles

Ginkgo Biloba
"Personal homepage about all its aspects: name, history, tree, seed, nut, leaves, propagation, usage, where to see and more."
By Cor Kwant

Jepson Flora Project
California Vascular Plants
Checklist and distribution maps of taxa covered by

The Jepson Manual

MycoKey
"...is a synoptic key for determination of fungal genera. This version includes 280 genera and about 1090 illustrated species. It covers the genera of basidiomycota with stem and cap (Agarics, Boletes etc.), polypores and club fungi from Northern Europe (i.e. Europe north of the Alps)."

North American Mycological Association

• Teaching About Fungi
  "Manual for Teachers and Naturalists Teaching About Fungi: Greades K-12."

Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney - (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

Seaweed Information Server
Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute, National University of Ireland

Smithsonian Lichen Research
Dept. of Botany, National Museum of Natural History

Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program (SWEMP) - (dead link)
"...a Colorado Plateau Field Station (CPFS) program designed to develop a regional database of exotic plant distributions for the southwest (which consists of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado Plateau portions of Utah and Colorado). The purpose of this project is to develop and distribute information on exotic plant species distributions, as well as to provide information on the status of exotic species distributions on the Colorado Plateau, and the greater southwest."
U.S. Geological Survey

Systematic Botany and Mycology - Fungal Databases - (dead link)
Sections include: Nomenclature ; Specimens ; Saccardo Index ; Fungus-Host Distributions ; Literature ; Index of Fungi.

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.

Tom Volk's Fungi
Sections include: Images of Fungi ; Special Topics ; Non Professional Mycology ; Intro to Fungi ; Research ; Info for Teachers ; Forays and Workshops ; FAQ ; Other Mycological Resources.
By Tom Volk, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Weeds on the Web
Wildland Invasive Species Program, The Nature Conservancy

WWW Virtual Library: Mycology - (dead link)
Mycology Resources on the Internet
An extensive collection of academic resources. Sections include Collections, Directories, Discussion Groups, Molecular Genetics, General Resources, Teaching, and more.
By Kathie Hodge, PhD candidate, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell University

Zoosporic Fungi Online - (dead link)
By Mel Fuller, & Joyce Longcore, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, University of Maine