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Botanical Libraries

Bibliotheca Antiqua Hundreds of herbals and other classic botanical texts
Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) A consortium of natural history libraries digitizing the literature of biodiversity.
Botanicus.org An encyclopedia of historical botanical literature.
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Inc. (CBHL)
Digital Library of the Royal Botanic Garden Madrid Books and journals pertaining to Iberian, Latin American and Philippine flora
Early Classics in Biogeography Biodiversity and Ecology
European Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Group (EBHL)
Gallica hundreds of French botanical works digitized
Gardening Digital Library Hundreds of links to websites and digital resources
Internet Archive Digital Texts Containing dozens of horticulture, landscape and botany classics
Online Neo-Latin Texts Guide to Renaissance Latin texts online

Online Catalogs

AGRICOLA, National Agricultural Library On-Line Catalog
Archives and Manuscript Collections A selected guide to locating archives and manuscript collections around the world.
HOLLIS, Harvard University On-Line Catalog (includes Botany Libraries)
LOCATOR, National Library of Medicine Catalog
MOLIB, Missouri Botanical Garden Library On-Line Catalog
SIRIS, Smithsonian Libraries Catalog
The Library of Congress Catalogs
The Royal Botanic Garden Kew Library Catalogue

Botanical Resources

Botanical Education Resources Educational resources for teachers and students
Botanical Illustration Bibliography A guide to resources for illustrators, historians, and collectors.
Dictionary of Natural Products The only comprehensive and fully-edited database on natural products.
eFloras.org Floras, checklists, keys, and image galleries for many ongoing floristic projects.
Flora Brasiliensis Largest flora ever published
Guide to Plant Species published in Seed Lists 1800-1900
How to Name and Register a New Cultivar
IDB, The Internet Directory for Botany thousands of botanical websites indexed
Index Herbariorum
Index Novum Genicorum Plantarum A compilation of the generic names of plants.
Index to American Botanical Literature An index to North, Central, and South American botanical literature.
IPNI, International Plant Names Index Standard reference for plant nomenclature.
ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes.
Kew Bibliographic Databases
Nature Serve Scientific data on endangered species and threatened ecosystems
New York Area Biodiversity Research and Conservation Database (NYBD)
Species 2000 (Indexing the world's known Species)

Pictures of Plants

Carnivorous Plant Database
CATENA, the Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes
MykoWeb Vast array of sites devoted to fungi, mushrooms, and mycology.
Native Plant Database Search for American native plants by state.
Native Wildflowers Image Database
Rock Garden Plants
USDA Plants Photo Gallery

Information About Plants

A Modern Herbal Over 800 herbs described and prescribed.
Algae The US Algal Collection of some 300,000 specimens described.
American Orchid Society Directories for locating and cultivating orchids.
American Public Gardens Association (APGA) Public Garden search.
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants Nearly 500 plants described and photographed.
Center for Plant Conservation American conservation resource directory and Guide to the National Endangered Collection.
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps Many interesting historic and contemporary maps.
Find My Roses An online guide to over 31,000 cultivars and their growers.
Flora of New York State search native plants of New York state by county
History of Horticulture Important figures in horticulture from the past two thousand years
International Carnivorous Plant Society Species descriptions, cultivars, and photographs.
Introduction to Lichens Basic guide to lichenology.
Introduction to the Fungi Basic introduction to the world of mycology.
IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species Authoritative listings of threatened and endangered plants.
Plant Information / University of Minnesota
Plant Viruses Online Scientific information on all known plant viruses.
Poisonous Plants Images and information on hundreds of known plant poisons and their effects.
RHS Plant Finder Over 70,000 plant species described and indexed.
Succulent Plant Page Information on collecting, cultivating, and conserving all manner of succulents.
USDA Plants Database Standardized information about the flowering and non-flowering plants of America.
Virtual Palm Encyclopedia All aspects of palms discussed.

NYBG Repository Archives

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Fern Society
American Iris Society
American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)
Association for Tropical Biology (ATB)
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL)
Mycological Society of America (MSA)
North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS)
Organization for Flora Neotropica (OFN)
Repositories of Primary Research Resources Enhance your research locating original and unique resources
Society for Economic Botany (SEB)
Taxonomic Literature 2 Standard reference for plant taxonomic literature
Torrey Botanical Society
Using Archives: A Practical Guide for Researchers




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