| Taxonomic scope |
Link |
Comment |
Worldwide |
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| World: selected plant families |
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |
Checklists prepared by the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
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| World: genera |
Genera: Index Nominum Genericorum |
A compilation of generic names published for organisms
covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. |
| World: plant names |
International Plant Names Index |
A database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and fern allies. |
| World: plant names |
The Plant List |
The Plant List is a working list of all known plant species. The current version (1.1) aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).
Collaboration between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden enabled the creation of The Plant List by combining multiple checklist data sets held by these institutions and other collaborators. |
| TROPICOS |
Missouri Botanical Garden |
A searchable database of information held on plants at the Missouri Botanic Gardens. Emphasis is on the Americas, but there is much worldwide information as well. |
| BSBI database |
BSBI database |
A searchable online database of Britsh plants. |
Individual plant groups |
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| Fabaceae |
International Legume Database and Information Service |
Provides world-wide data on legumes and includes a searchable
database. |
| Malvaceae |
Malvaceae |
Provides information on the family Malvaceae (including Bombacaeae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae). |
| Orchidaceae |
Swiss orchid Foundation |
The Swiss Orchid Foundation was created on the death of Dr Jany Renz in order to maintain his sientific and cultural legacy. The site contains images, drawings, herbarium specimens and the largest database of worldwide orchid literature. |
| Orchidaceae |
Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia |
Another detailed and interesting site on orchids with over 8,000 images compiled by Jay Pfahl. |