Botany Resources

Users of this page will also find useful information on the
Dendrology ,  Mycology and  General Biology pages.

General Resources

Botany Navigator -- From the University of Hawaii.  Lots of unique information.
California Flora Database -- Info on 8,363 vascular plants found in California.
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Endangered Plants -- Images from the University of Michigan.
Flora of North American (FNA) -- A "... multi-institutional, bi-national collaborative project to bring together the best scientific information on North American plants... ."
Fun With Lichens -- From Oregon State University.
Glossary of Botanical Term  -- From Garden Web.
Index Nominum Genericorum (ING) -- Database and index to generic plant names.
International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
Internet Directory for Botany
List of Botanical Glossaries -- From the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research.
Medicinal & Poisonous Plant Databases -- List from the University of Maryland.
National Museum of Natural History Botany Department -- Smithsonian.
National Plant Data Center
Plants National Database -- Searchable.
Poisonous Plants Web page -- From Cornell University.
Tropical Plant Database -- Searchable.
Vascular Plant Image Database -- From Texas A & M.
Whitaker Five Kingdom System (1978) -- Plant Classification.

Botanical Gardens

Australian National Botanic Gardens -- Includes a directory of other Australian botanic gardens.
Botanic Garden & Museum -- Berlin-Dahlen.
Botanique -- Lists of gardens in U.S. and Canada.
Missouri Botanical Garden
New York Botanical Garden
Royal Botanic Gardens -Kew

Culture Collections

 Plant Tissue Culture Information Exchange

Ethnobotany

Ethnomedicinals Homepage -- Maintained Anthony Torkelson, Ph.D.
Native American Ethnobotany Database -- University of Michigan.

Herbs

Herbals -- Images of manuscripts from the Vatican Library.

Herbariums

Arthur and Kriebel Herbaria at Purdue
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and Herbarium -- Australia.
Colorado State University Herbarium
Harvard University Herbaria
Herbaria of the New York Botanical Gardens
Illinois Natural History Survey Botanical Collection
Index Herbariorum -- From the New York Botanical Garden.
Michigan State University Herbarium
Oregon State University Herbarium
Plant Resources Center -- University of Texas at Austin.
Southern Illinois University Herbarium
United States National Herbarium -- Includes the algae and lichen collections.
University and Jepson Herbaria -- Univ. of California at Berkeley.
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Kansas R. L. McGregor Herbarium
University of Michigan Herbarium
University of Minnesota Herbarium

 Journals

American Journal of Botany -- Abstracts and tables of contents.
Annals of Botany -- Sample issues.
Botanical Electronic News

Organizations

American Fern Society
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Botanical Society of America
International Association for Plant Tissue Culture
International Bulb Society
List of Botany and Horticultural Societies -- From the Illinois State Museum.  Comprehensive.