More data bases:
- To: h*@KREATIVE.NET, M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: More data bases:
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 22:06:05 -0500 (EST)
To all:
More databases for images and other botanic information -->
the Chihuahuan Desert Home Page, developed with a grant from NASA MUSPIN:
http://nasa.utep.edu/chih/chihdes.htm
The Chihuahuan Desert Gardens searchable database:
http://nasa.utep.edu/chih/gardens/gardens.htm
Gallery of Connecticut Wildflowers, by the Connecticut Botanical Society:
http://ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/galleryindex.html
the Flora of North America Web Site:
http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/
NOTE: I believe that FNA and BONAP will be pooling their efforts for
efficiency.
the Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), a collaborative project of the
International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) and the Smithsonian
Institution. The data base for access to information about generic names of
plants:
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/ing/
Internet Directory for Botany: Images
http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botpics.html
A compilation of amateur to academic image sites.
Flora of Europe
http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/aart/index.html
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), a partnership of U.S.,
Canadian, and Mexican agencies:
http://www.itis.usda.gov/plantproj/itis/index.html
National Biological Information Infrastructure (works with the National
Invasive Species Council):
http://www.nbii.gov/
That's enough for this session.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 USA
336-674-3105
World of Salvias web page:
http://www.eclectasy.com/gallery_of_salvias/index.htm
or
http://home.infinet.mindspring.com/~salvia/salvia.htm (to be phased out)
