Botany Internet Sites

Biosciences - Botany Internet Sites

AgDB: Agriculture Network Information Center, this site provides a database directory that provides access to agricultural information, people and other resources to both public and private users (from Choice, supplement 37).
Australian National Botanical Garden, to grow, study, and promote Australia's flora
Botany 301: Taxonomy of Flowering Plants, developed for Texas A&M systemic botany students and others interested in the flora of Texas, this site is updated regularly and has links of interest (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall, features links to organizations and societies, nurseries, suppliers, publications and other information on cacti.
Carl Albert Purpus, Plant Collector in Western North America, material on collecting trips around 1900
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps, provides information and links to maps showing geographic plant distributions and locations.
Flowering Plant Gateway, this site, maintained by Hugh D. Wilson for Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group, is basically a gateway engine that links to many databases (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
Gray Card Index, this database contains every new plant name at the rank of family, genus species and below as well as every new combination and every change in status for all groups of vascular plants in the Americas, Greenland, the West Indies and adjacent islands (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
Guide to Poisonous Plants, Photos, descriptions, its geographical distribution, the nature of the poison, and recommended treatment in case of poisoning are included in this site.
Help Me Find: Roses, everything about roses
Internet Directory for Botany - Subject Category Link, searchable index of botany sites on the internet includes links to what's new, search engines, gardens, biologists' addresses, societies, taxonomic databases, museums, gardening, images, literature, resource guides, listservs and newsgroups, software, university departments, and other categories.
Introduction to Microscopy, Beginners guide to the microscope. Images and information about viewing marine life and insects and other things are included.
Kohler's Medicinal Plants, web version of the 1887 book containing 300 images of illustrations of European medicinal plants.
Medicinal and Poisonous Plant Databases, searchable collection of databases on plants.
Missouri Botanical Garden, comprehensive site with information on horticulture, and botanical education and research
National Collection, Center for Plant Conservation, material on over 570 of the nation's rarest plants
National Gardening Association, gardening information that includes a searchable Horticultural Dictionary of over 15,000 gardening terms and a searchable Namefinder of over 10,000 common and scientific names for plants.
Olive Tree World, information about olives
Plant Image Gallary, pictures of plants
The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book, a site hosted by the Institute for Plant Diseases & Plant Protection, Department of Horticulture, University of Hanover, this provides information for the advanced plant pathology student or researcher (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
PlantCare.com, information on taking care of plants
Poisonous Plants Web Pages, contains information about botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and poison prevention and includes images of plants and affected animals.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, searchable site with information about the gardens, collections, scientific research, conservation, and publications
Scott's Botanical Links, resources for the study of Florida plant life, and the state's developmental, agricultural, and ecological issues
Tom Volk's Fungi, searchable database of fungi images and information and links to sites about fungi and mycology.
Tree Species Range Maps, maps of where different trees grow in the US
TreeGuide: The Natural History of Trees, searchable information about trees including species, taxonomy, structure, function, geography, history, and reference. Also includes links to news, forums, and other internet sites.
Vascular Plant Type Catalog, searchable database of over 67,000 type specimens from the New York Botanical Gardens.

Last updated Feb. 09, 2005