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The Owen library contains many resources for
students and faculty interested in Botany. If you have any questions not answered
on the WSU Libraries website or would like to request a book or journal on
any subject related to Botany, please contact Betty Galbraith. For questions concerning the Botany program, please visit the
School
of Biological Sciences website.
Indexes, Abstracts and other databases.
Indexes to Journal Articles, conference proceedings,
government documents and other resources
- Index to American Botanical
Literature
- International Plant Names Index:
The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names
and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants.
- The PLANTS Database: is a single
source of standardized information about plants. This database focuses on
vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S.
and its territories. The PLANTS Database includes names, checklists, automated
tools, identification information, species abstracts, distributional data,
crop information, plant symbols, plant growth data, plant materials information,
plant links, references, and other plant information.
Internet Links
- Angiosperm
Phylogeny Website
- Botany (National Biological Information Infrastructure):A compilation of practical botanical information that contains numerous excellent links, nicely organized into eight different subject areas. The Center for Biological Informatics (part of the US Geological Survey) developed and maintains this site.
- Cartographic
Links for Botanists: compiled and maintained by the Finnish Museum of
Natural History
- Checklist
of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps: Compiled by Branner
Earth Sciences Library
-
Common Names of Plant Diseases: Listings of plant pathogens and the
diseases they incite, compiled by The American Phytopathological
Society
- Early
Classics in Biogeography, Distribution, and Diversity Studies: To 1950
a bibliography and full-text archive of classic resources, and primary sources
of value for the study of geographical distribution and diversity of plants
and animals, that were published in 1950 or before. The subjects involved
touch on fields ranging from ecology, conservation, systematics and physical
geography, to evolutionary biology, cultural biogeography, paleobiology,
and bioclimatology. Created by Charles H. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Science Librarian, Western Kentucky University.
- International
Code of Botanical Nomenclature: Adopted by the 15th International Botanical
Congress
- Internet
Directory for Botany: An index to botanical information available on
the Internet, divided into an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory
- IUCN 2000 Redlist of Threatened Species:
Provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on
taxa that have been evaluated as in risk of extinction. Maintained by the
World Conservation Union.
- Moss Nomenclature
Database: Moss nomenclature database and associated authority files
maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Library of the Environment
- New York Botanical Garden
Vascular Plant Type Catalog: A catalog of approximately 75,000 vascular
plant type specimens, family by family
- PlantFacts: A search engine for agricultural extension fact sheets from over 40 US and Canadian universities and government research centers. It also contains a plant photo database formerly known as the Plant Dictionary.
- Systematic
Botany and Mycology Databases
- Vascular Plant Image
Gallery: Maintained by the Texas AM University Herbarium
- VAST nomenclatural
database: Vascular plant nomenclature database and associated authority
files maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Virtual Library
of Botany