Descriptions of the sites are linked by this graphic () to previously appearing daily descriptions. If that link failed in my monthly checking of the links, the following symbol will be shown instead (). Particularly authoritative sites are marked with an exclamation point ( - I am still in the process of adding these). All links were last checked on 9 June 1999 (Total links checked: 3015) by CyberSpyder Link Check. This month's entries are resting in a temporary file until the end of the month.

Botanical Literature:

EPA ECOTOX Database System - database of toxicologically active chemicals on plants

JSTOR - historical botany and scientific journals

AGRICOLA - scientific literature database

Index to American Botanical Literature - literature searches

PubMed Central - electronic journal site for all of the sciences

General:

National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) - has the goal of capturing plant diversity with potential uses in disease resistance, biochemistry, resistance to environmental stress

Guide to Poisonous and Toxic Plants - list including house, garden, ornamental and wild plants of the continental US

Index Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium - Valid names above the generic level

Famine Foods Database - edible non-crop plants that have been consumed in times of famine

Plants for the People - has the goal of providing an illustrated checklist to the world plants

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - producing a metadatabase that will span biodiversity, molecular, genetic, systematic, ecological and ecosystem levels worldwide

PLANTS DATABASE: National Database - metadata include checklists, distributional data, characteristics, images, references, crop information, links and more

SERPIN: Southeastern Rare Plant Information Network - botanical data, literature, other resources relating to state or federal listed threatened or endangered plants

The Evolutionary History of Green Plants - plant-centered tree of life addressing early green plant origins

Plant diversity in Paraguay - database of Paraguayan plant specimens

Deep Time Project - project is to integrate angiosperm phylogenies of living and extinct plants

Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers (IPCN) - sporophytic, gametophytic and base chromosome counts

Plants Database (part of Dave's Garden) - images and plant data

Nature Conservancy Carribean Island Metadata - vegetation maps of Carribean islands from GIS data

ETI's World Biodiversity Database - databases to species, taxonomists and molecular biology resources

HortPlex Plant Database - search plants by scientic or common name

Plant Kaleidoscope - database of cultivated rare and unusual plants in Europe

Flora Accounts Online - features online Flora of China, Flora of North America, and Moss Flora of China

Global Invasive Species Database - information about weedy & nuisance species that replace native plants & animals

Deep Green Hyperbolic Trees - interactive phylogenetic tree of green life

Specimen MAnagement System for California Herbaria (SMASCH) Project - model herbarium database for California plants

DRYAD - a database of trees - search trees by genus or characteristics

British Wildflowers Online - search engine driven site for identification of wildflowers

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System - databases to common poisonous plants found in the home and outdoors in Canada

Plant Viruses Online - virus database with information on host susceptibility and relationships, with electronmicrograph images, DNA sequences, other info

International Plant Names Index (IPNI) - names and associated bibliography of primary sources for plant taxa

Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature - literature references by taxon

Proposals to Conserve and/or Reject Plant Names - database of challenged scientific names

US Botanical Type Specimen Register - United States National Herbarium (US) collection information

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) - chemical reference site

Plant Diversity at Bullshoals Field Station - wildflower plant images and habitat database

University of Tennessee Herbarium (TENN) - model bryophyte, fungi and vascular plant herbarium site, with maps and database

Common Names Look-up Index - 25,000 listings currently; see also the linked glossary!

Desert USA Flora - images and data on common arid plants of North America

Threatened Plants of the World - rare, endangered, vulnerable, and extinct plants

Gymnosperm Database - Descriptions of 1,000 taxa.

National Biological Information Infrastructure - BioBot search engine and links to government and privately maintained biological information.

eNature.com - Online Audubon Field Guides

MDchoice.com - Access to 6,000 medical journals, articles, and databases.

Multisite Living Collections Searches - search for living plants

BoDD - the Botanical Dermatology Database - chemical nature of poisons, plant dermatitis and allergy

WHACHAMACALIT! The Common Name - dictionary of common names

Peter Bostock's Botanical Latin Home Page - Latin translation program

Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) - species specific plant research information & glossary

National Biological Information Infrastructure - Gateway to biological data maintained by government agencies and cooperating partners.

The USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program - Protocols and methods used in mapping vegetation communities in U.S. National Parks.

University of Connecticut Plant Database - Woody ornamentals database featuring plants grown in the northeastern United States.

Botanical Society of America Online Image Collection - instructional images

NeoFlora Database - Cultivated plant database.

USDA PPQ Scientific Services - Federal lists of noxious weeds, plant viruses, and endangered species.

Taxonomy of Landscape Plants - nomenclature & identification site with database of ornamental plants; useful taxonomic links

Poisonous Plants of Nova Scotia - medicines, toxins and poisons from native plants

Plants Toxic to Animals - databases to common poisonous plants found outdoors

Park Search: The Outdoors at Your Fingertips - database on national & state parks, forests and wildlife refuges

Atlas Florae Europaeae Database - software for mapping and analyzing plant distribution, w/ statistical tools

Endangered Species Home Page - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

INVADERS Database System - invading exotic species of the Northwest US

Plant Names Project - implementation of a project for the 2000s

Agricultural Network Information Center - online references for plant information

Andean Botanical Information System - Floristics and Taxonomy of the Flora of the Andes

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) - database of scientifically valid names ot taxa

Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps - encyclopedic set of map links, including fossils

Molecular:

International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP) - genomic database for Oryza sativa (japonica and indica sequences included) and molecular tools are included

MSU: Plant Specific Database - excellent research resource for plant molecular biology, especially for Arabidopsis genomics

AREX: The Arabidopsis Gene Expression Database - microarray data and traditional in situ hybridization results of molecular biology

AmiGO! Your friend in the Gene Ontology - a metadatabase on genes and functional genomics

Plant DNA C-values Database - comparison of DNA quantity of angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes and bryophytes

Maize Mapping Project - high throughput data on Zea mays genetics, chromosomes, genetic information, ESTs, BACs, InDels, and more

Gene Ontology Consortium - a consistent vocabulary for all organisms, genes, proteins and protein roles

AGBIOS :: GM Database - encyclopedic site on transgenic and genetically engineered crop plants

NSF Net Center for Plant Genomics - meta-database of all that is currently known for plants

PlantsT: Functional Genomics of Plant Transporters - intramembrane proteins, transporters and related genechips

ChromDB: The Plant Chromatin Database - chromatin organization, BLAST sequences and research references

Entrez Genome - taxomonic portal to available genomes and the entire DNA sequence of model organisms including Arabidopsis

ISIS - Intron Sequence and Information database - post-transcriptional mRNA processing data

NCBI Entrez Taxonomy Homepage - phylogenetic relationships of all organisms as a means of cataloging genome & proteome data

Microbial Genomics - introduction to genomics of microbes (including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and microalgae)

Angiosperm DNA C-Values Database - quantitative DNA amounts in picograms and megabasepairs (mbp)

Pteridophyte DNA C-Values Database - quantitative DNA amounts in picograms and megabasepairs (mbp) in ferns & fern allies (horsetails, club moss, spike moss, etc)

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) Databases - Arabidopsis, rice, maize, tomato, potato and soy genomic information

UK CropNet - DNA sequence data, ESTs, genomic information on UK crop and model plants

ARS Genome Database Resource - DNA sequence data, ESTs, genomic information on crop and model plants

MaizeDB: the Maize Genome Database - corn informatics/genomics database, featuring ESTs, primers, genes

WWW-VL Biotechnology - link sites, including bioengineering companies and projects

RNABase: The RNA Structure Database - tRNAs, rRNAs, mRNAs and an RNA primer

Arabidopsis.Com - Lehle Seeds - everything Arabidopsis: research community, patents, latest bulletins, seeds

Plant Genome Databases - A Tutorial - introduction to the plant genome projects

Protein Data Bank - 3-D structure of macromolecules

Protein Kinase Resource - enzymes critical downstream to signal transduction pathways

Plant Genome Database Collaboration - links to Arabidopsis, wheat, corn, soybeans and forest trees

Angiosperms (principally):

M. Blinnikov's Phytolith Gallery - numerous images in light and scanning electron microscopy

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - reference site to flowering plant orders, families, phylogenetic trees

UCMP Paleobotany: Cleared Leaf Collections - systematic collection including images and collection data

Bibliography of References Related to Seed Dormancy and/or Germination in Higher Plants - authoritative collection of references from 1890 to the present

Palm Tree Photo Gallery - 1544 digital images of mostly cultivated palms

WattleWeb - Wattles of New South Wales - Acacias of Australia with an online dichotomous key

Native Orchids of Canada - illustrated database on Canadian orchids

Grass Images from Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group - classical drawings of 389 Poaceae, including spikelet details

NatureServe - encyclopedic data on species status, maps, references and other reports

Flora Danica Online - collection of over 3000 ancient plant images

Virtual Palm Encyclopedia - dichotomous keys, biology, evolution and links

Rooting Database - Rooting methods for 501 frequently grown plants.

Floraguide - links, forum, searcher site, photographs

Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - guide to common names and species synonyms

The Charles B. Graves Herbarium at Connecticut College - Database of the Charles B. Graves Herbarium at Connecticut College

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses - Living plant collections at the University of Connecticut.

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands - North American species checklist

Seed Germination Database

Wealth of the Rainforest: Pharmacy to the World - database, links, images and articles on the Amazonian rainforest

INRA Scientific Database Servers - links, databases, DNA, mychorrhizae, insects

WWW Ethnobotanical Resource Directory - education opportunities, links, research, database, conferences

International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI) - databases, host to GlobalPlant Checklist Project and Database of Plant Databases

Agricultural Network Information Center - online references for plant information

World Wide Flowering Plant Family Identification Key - a checklist of 174 morphological characteristics and 6 geographical regions

Cornell University's Poisonous Plant Page - Plants, active phytochemicals, animal affects and links

Plant Genome Database Collaboration - links to Arabidopsis, wheat, corn, soybeans and forest trees

Missouri Botanical Garden - Research, education, images, virtual tours, floras, databases

Flowerbase Image Database - About 7,000 color photos (multilingual Dutch site)

TreeBASE - Database of Phylogenetic Knowledge - Access published phylogenetic trees from the literature

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Gardens and European searchable database

University and Jepson Herbaria of UC-Berkeley - Model herbarium and database site

Common Names for Plant Diseases - Database of plant crop hosts and their diseases

Flora of North America - Site of ambitious project to catalog all plants of America

Index Nominum Genericorum - Valid genera and synonyms

The Plant Tracker - versatile plant database

FLORIN Databases - For herbaria

W³TROPICOS Database

Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - ARS resource on ecology, ethnobotany, Native American food and medicine plants, plant chemistry

Arabidopsis/Saccharomyces Genome Databases - Databases

Carnivorous Plants Database - Everything you wanted to know

Henriette's Herbal Homepage - Access to a plant name database

Gymnosperms:

BOTNET: North Carolina Botanical Information Network - model herbarium site for online data storage, currently gymnosperms

Palynology (study of pollen):

USDA, ARS, APMRU Pollen Lab - ~7500 specimen collection with vouchers, light micrographs, scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) images

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology’s (AAAAI) Aeroallergen Network - information about allergies to pollen and spores

PalDat - Palynological data of the University of Vienna Institute of Botany.

Palynological laboratory - Pollen Service - aerobiology, pollen and spore related links

Paleopalynology, Fossil Pollen, Spore, Algae Home Page - intro site to the study of palynology w/dinoflagellate page

North American Pollen Database (NAPD)

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program

European Pollen Database

Global Pollen Database

Latin American Pollen Database

Lichens / Fungi:

DEEMY: Characterization and DEtermination of EctoMYcorrhizae - research database for identifying and characterizing ectomycorrhizae fungus-plant interactions w/images

ITALIC - Information System on Italian Lichens - database featuring over 2100 images of 1400 species of Italian lichens

Fun with Lichens - Database, images and species synoptic key

Protists / Algae:

UTEX Culture Collection of Algae - collection of over 3200 mostly freshwater alga with about 150 extremophilic algae

AlgaeBase - scientific names and distribution of algae, cyanobacteria, seaweeds, seagrasses

World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM) - links for phylogenetic analysis, genome projects, biodiversity, culture collections

Home of the Fossil Coralline Algae (Corallinaceae: Rhodophyta) - anatomy, distribution of red coralline algae

Cyanosite - bluegreen algae reference and experimental protocol site

University and Jepson Herbaria of UC-Berkeley - Algal database at site

The Diatom Collection of the California Academy of Sciences

Protist Image Database

Protist Database List

This service is organized by Scott Russell through the Department of Botany and Microbiology of the University of Oklahoma. If you have any comments for the improvement this page or nominations for links, please contact me by email (srussell@ou.edu).