Plants >Taxonomy

Name
Description

Bryological Glossary
A multilingual glossary for bryology from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Includes a brief definition of a term in English and gives the equivalent French, German and Spanish translation of the term.

Checklist of Australian Lichens
Current alphabetical lichen checklist includes 3075 accepted species and infraspecific taxa in 387 genera.

Index Nominum Genericorum
ING is a collaborative project of the IAPT and the Smithsonian Institution and was initiated in 1954 as a compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Provides searchable database.

Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature
Provides a database of references relevant to the taxonomy of flowering plants, gymnosperms and ferns. A simple search, retrieving a limited number of references, may be made without registering, while registration gives access to the advanced search facilities. Comprehensive, as would be expected, the site also includes quarterly journal details.

Lichen Herbarium
The Lichen Herbarium at the Botanical Museum in Oslo is divided into Norwegian, foreign and type sections. Includes recent literature on lichens, checklists of specimens, the Threatened Macrolichens Project, fact sheets and distribution maps for selected lichens.

Lichen Information System
Range of information about lichens. Includes news, lists of collections, endangered species, societies, associations, researchers, international conferences, environmental factors, pictures, references and systematics.

Taxonomy of Philippine Lichens
Pioneering site that should be encouraged. In
addition to providing taxanomic identification of Philippine lichens with photographs, there are also a number of useful links, including a key to the lichen genera of Bogor, Cibodas and
Singapore Botanical Gardens. Also included are recently published articles.

 



 

 
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