Taxonomic scope |
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Worldwide |
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World: flora |
WFO: The World Flora Online |
An online flora of all known plants.The WFO is the international initiative to achieve Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and provide a global overview of the diversity of plant species. |
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 |
Plants of the World Online (POWO) |
This is a working list of all known plant species produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. |
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. |
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 |
Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia |
Another detailed and interesting site on orchids with over 8,000 images compiled by Jay Pfahl. |
Orchidaceae |
Orchids of Central Africa |
A web site which is the product of collaborative work in Belgium and Central Africa by a team of 6 authors led by Dr Vincent Droissart. It currently contains 733 images of 214 taxa. Although the area covered is somewhat distant to us, there is still an overlap in the species covered. |
Parasitic plants |
Parasitic Plants |
A site on parasitic and other plants reflecting the interests of Henning S. Heide-Jørgensen. |
Proteaceae |
Protea Atlas project |
This site records the progress in recording data about Proteaceae in Southern Africa and the work towards publication of a 'Protea Atlas'. |