Botany
- About.com Botany
A page of links and articles.
- American Association of Plant Physiologists
To promote the growth and development of plant physiology, to encourage and publish research in
plant physiology, and to promote the interests and growth of plant scientists in general.
Publishes the journals, "Plant Physiology" and "The Plant Cell".
- American Bryological and Lichenological Society
An organization devoted to the scientific study of all aspects of the biology of bryophytes and
lichen-forming fungi.
- BioScience Research Tool: Botany
Specialized directory of online tools and resources selected for Botanists, Plant Physiologists,
and Plant Molecular Geneticists.
- Botany
WWW Virtual Library.
- Botanical Society of America
Promoting research and teaching in all fields of plant biology to facilitate cooperation among
plant scientists worldwide and to disseminate knowledge of plants, algae, and fungi. Links to the
American Journal of Botany, Plant Science Bulletin, national meetings and symposia, and
educational resources.
- Botanical Society of America - Online Image Collection
A collection of approximately 800 images available for instructional use. Currently, there are
14 collections of images: Plant Geography, Plant Morphology, Phloem Development, Xylem
Development, Floral Ontogeny, Lichens, Economic Botany, Carnivorous Plants, Organography, Pollen,
Paleobotany, Plant Defense Mechanisms, Plant Anatomy, and Cellular Communication Channels.
- Botany Links
Links for Gateways and metasites; Arboreta and gardens; Societies, organizations, and museums;
Images; Checklists and floras; Ethnobotany; Economic botany; Higher plants; and Lower plants.
- Botany.com
Includes a botanical dictionary, advice for gardeners, and a store selling plants.
- Botany Resources
Primary reference links to botanical and horticultural systematic information.
- Common Names for Plant Diseases
Listing of plant pathogens and the diseases they incite. Can search the Common Names database by
keyword or select one of the plant disease collections listed in the Table of Contents.
- Electronic Sites of Leading Botany, Plant Biology, and
Science Journals
Links to the electronic sites of major journals publishing articles about plants and plant
biology.
- Flowerweb
Includes FlowerBase, offering over 7,000 pictures of flowers, plants and garden plants.
- Garden Web Glossary
The Garden Web Glossary of Botanical Terms currently contains 3,700 terms relating to botany,
gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture. Regularly updated.
- Gray Card Index
Over 300,000 citations of New World vascular plant taxa, searchable by plant name from Harvard
Gray Herbarium.
- International Association for Plant Taxonomy
Purpose is to carry out projects of interest and concern to systematic biologists, especially
those which require or profit from international cooperation.
- International Association of Vegetation Science
The group's purpose is to promote research and education in vegetation science as well as to
facilitate scientific and personal contacts among vegetation scientists of all countries.
- The International Plant Names Index
A database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants.
- Internet Directory for Botany
An index to botanical information available on the Internet. It consists of two parts, an
alphabetical directory and a categorical directory.
- NeoFlora
Plant database with over 38,000 entries.
- Plant Database (OSU)
Plant Dictionary is an indexed system of teaching resources for the discipline of Horticulture
and Crop Science.
- Plants Database
Information, fact sheets, and links from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural
Resources Conservation Service.
- Poisonous Plants Database
Includes plant images, pictures of affected animals and presentations concerning the botany,
chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other
natural flora (fungi, etc.).
- Vascular Plant Image Gallery
A repository of over 8,800 plant images developed and maintained by the TAMU-BWG, plus those made
available by collaborators, is available for public use. The system allows access by Family
and a 'string query' option that returns image sets that match a specific word input by the user.
- Vegetable MD Online
The Department of Plant Pathology at Cornell University provides this
online guide to vegetable diseases. A compilation of vegetable
disease fact sheets, the site is organized by crop and offers
photographic images and a description of each vegetable crop in
healthy and diseased states.
- Virtual Cell
3D voyage into a plant cell.
- Google Botany Category
Contains 35 categories under Botany.
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