Botany and Taxonomy links

These links will take you off the CNPS web site. Please bookmark your place before proceeding. (Last updated November 27, 2006 .)

Herbaria, Collections and Databases

• California Natural Diversity Database
• USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
• CalFlora -- an online database of California plants
• CalPhotos: Plants -- California plant images, Berkeley Digital Library
• University and Jepson Herbaria -- UC Berkeley
  • Jepson Herbarium Links Page
• Carl G. Sharsmith Herbarium -- San Jose State University
• Oregon State University Herbarium
• Botanical Society of America Online Image Collection
• Information Center for the Environment (ICE) -- UC Davis
• Native American Ethnobotany Database
• University of California, Davis Herbarium
• Index to American Botanical Literature -- NYBG searchable database
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) -- database of names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants

Taxonomy Resources

• Jepson Manual Corrections
• Jepson Online Interchange -- search the Jepson Flora Project using the Index to California Plant Names
• Flora of North America
• Biota of North America Program -- North Carolina Botanical Garden
• International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)
• The Tree of Life -- phylogeny and biodiversity
• National Biological Information Infrastructure -- all biota
• International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Toyko Code)
• Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group
• Botanical Glossary -- 3700 terms relating to botany, gardening and horticulture
• On-Line Flora of Napa County -- by Joe Callizo, Jake Ruygt, and Gilbert Muth
• Encelia and its relatives -- Heliantheae, Asteraceae

Non-vascular Plants

• American Bryological and Lichenological Society
• California Lichen Society
• Catalog of North American Bryophytes -- NYBG
• Bryological Laboratory - MBG

General Botany Resources

• Discovering Botany -- British Natural History Museum
• Yahoo->Science->Biology->Botany
• Nevada Natural Heritage Program
• Directory of Botanical Resources -- Botanique
• Missouri Botanical Garden Library -- searchable catalog and digitized rare books

Additional California Organizations

• California Botanical Society
• California Indian Basketweavers Association
• California Native Grass Association
• California Oak Foundation