permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

BK wrote:
> Wow, thanks folks.
>
> I looked it up in the pfaf DB and got some more info on it. It looks to be a
> really nice PC plant. Does nicely in shadier spots, good growth, and I've
> sampled some of its leaves, its actually quite nice sauted with a little
> garlic. I think I'll haves to move some divisions over to my garden.
>
> Also, does anyone happen to know of any websites dealing with taxonomic
> info? It'd be great if there were a database where you could work your way
> through leaf shape, stem shape, flower type, etc and be able to figure out
> what a plant was....

Google search on "plaant taxonomic database"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Plant+Taxonomic+Database

GRIN TAXONOMY  (ARS)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/
several databases here - some downloadable

World Database of Legumes
http://www.ildis.org/database/

The Prometheus Taxonomic Database
http://www.computer.org/proceedings/bibe/0862/08620063abs.htm

Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics
http://www.systematics.rdg.ac.uk/projects2.html

Harvadr University Herbarium
Data Related to the Flora of China
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/related_data.htm
------------>>>>>
   Search Related Databases and Internet Sites

    * Apiales Resource Centre <http://www.rbge.org.uk/data/URC/arc.htm> (E)
    * Asian Association on Remote Sensing <http://www.aars-acrs.org/>
    * Australian Plant Name Index
      <http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/database.html> (APNI)
    * A Bibliography of Taxonomic Revisions for Vascular Plants in
      Thailand <http://www.forest.go.th/Botany/Bibliographylink.htm>
    * Biodiversity and Biological Collection Data Management
      <http://www.biodiversity.uno.edu/>
    * Biodiversity of the Hengduan Mountains
      <http://maen.huh.harvard.edu:8080/china>
    * Biological Information Browsing Environment
      <http://www.biobrowser.org/> (BIBE)
    * Biota of North America Project, Plants National Database
      <http://plants.usda.gov/>
    * Botanists
      <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/databases/cms/botanist_index.html>
      (A/GH <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/>)
    * Botanical Publications
      <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/databases/cms/publication_index.html>
      (A/GH)
    * Chinese Ecosystem Research Network <http://www.cern.ac.cn/>
    * Chinese Provincial Floras - Family Locator Guide
      <http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/guide-94/family_locator.zip>
      (.xls)
    * Conserved Plant Names
      <http://persoon.si.edu/codes/props/index.cfm> (Proposals/Disposals)
    * Database of Central China Medicinal Plants
      
<http://www.whiob.ac.cn/scripts/ccmpcgi.exe?_cfg=c:/InetPub/wwwroot/cbisdb/ccmpe/ccmpe.cfg>

    * Database of China Hydrophilous Fascicular Plants
      
<http://www.whiob.ac.cn/scripts/ccmpcgi.exe?_cfg=c:/InetPub/wwwroot/cbisdb/sswgse/sswgse.cfg>

    * Database of Hubei Plants
      
<http://www.whiob.ac.cn/scripts/ccmpcgi.exe?_cfg=c:/InetPub/wwwroot/cbisdb/hbzwdqe/hbzwdqe.cfg>

    * Database of Shennongjia Economic Plants
      
<http://www.whiob.ac.cn/scripts/ccmpcgi.exe?_cfg=c:/InetPub/wwwroot/cbisdb/snjepe/snjepe.cfg>

    * Database of Shennongia Medicinal Plants
      
<http://www.whiob.ac.cn/scripts/ccmpcgi.exe?_cfg=c:/InetPub/wwwroot/cbisdb/snjche/snjche.cfg>

    * Delavay Collecting Localities in Yunnan
      <http://www.rbge.org.uk/data/URC/floras/delavay.html> (Mark
      Watson, E)
    * Digital Taxonomy <http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8695/>
    * Dutch Herbaria <http://nhncml.leidenuniv.nl/rhb/#types> (Catalogue
      of the Type Specimens)
    * Ecology WWW Page
      <http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~brach/Ecology-WWW.html> |
      Mirror <http://www.botany.net/Ecology/>
    * Electronic Plant Information Centre, Kew
      <http://www.kew.org/epic/> (K)
    * The Families of Flowering Plants
      <http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/index.htm> (DELTA
      <http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/>)
    * Famine Foods Database
      <http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/faminefoods/ff_home.html>
    * Festuca of China <http://cdelta.ibcas.ac.cn/chi/index.htm>
      (Poaceae, DELTA <http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/>)
    * Flora Himalaya <http://www.univ-savoie.fr/labos/ldea/>
    * Flora of Japan <http://www.foj.info/>
    * Flora of Korea <http://plaza.snu.ac.kr/~flora/>
    * Flora of North America <http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/> (A/GH, MO)
    * Flora of Thailand
      <http://www.forest.go.th/Botany/Flora/Flora_introduction.htm>
    * Gazetteer of East Himalayan Collecting Localities
      <http://www.rbge.org.uk/sikkim/sikgaz.htm> (Mark Watson, E)
    * Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (World Gazetteer)
      <http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html>
    * Geography Network <http://www.geographynetwork.com/>
    * Genera of Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae and Swartzieae
      <http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/caes/www/ident.htm>
    * Ginkgo biloba <http://www.xs4all.nl/~kwanten/>
    * Harvard University Herbaria Type Collections
      <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/databases/cms/specimen_index.html> (A/GH)
    * Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei
      <http://hast.sinica.edu.tw/eindex.html> (HAST)
    * Index Herbariorum <http://www.nybg.org/bsci/ih/ih.html> (NY)
    * Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)
      <http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing/> (US)
    * Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers
      <http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/ipcn.html> (MO)
    * International Plant Names Index (IPNI) <http://www.ipni.org/> | UK
      Mirror <http://www.uk.ipni.org/>
    * Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
      <http://botany.sinica.edu.tw/>
    * Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
      <http://www.icm.cuhk.edu.hk/icm/>
    * Integrated Taxonomic Information System
      <http://www.itis.usda.gov/index.html> (ITIS)
    * International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
      
<http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm>
      (St. Louis code)
    * International Legume Database & Information Service
      <http://www.ildis.org/> (ILDIS)
    * Internet Directory for Botany <http://www.botany.net/IDB/>
    * IOPI Global Plant Checklist
      <http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/IOPI/GPC/default.htm>
    * The John Clayton Herbarium <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/clayton/>
    * Moss Flora of China
      <http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Moss/China/welcome.html> (MO)
    * Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
      <http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/>
    * Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Catalog of Vascular Plants
      <http://www.mnhn.fr/base/sonnerat.html> (P)
    * Names in Current Use
      <http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/ncu/default.htm> (NCU)
    * NewCROP Search Engine
      <http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/SearchEngine.html> (Food Crops)
    * NY Vascular Plant Types <http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc/>
    * Plants For A Future - Database Search
      <http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/D_search.html>
    * Spatial Databases <images.htm#maps> (Maps)
    * Species 2000 <http://www.sp2000.org/> Programme
    * A Survey of the Biological Diversity of the Gaoligongshan of W
      Yunnan <http://research.calacademy.org/yunnan/> (CAS)
    * Taxacom List Serve Archives <http://usobi.org/archives/>
    * Taxonomic Database Working Group <http://www.tdwg.org/> (TDWG, IUBS)
    * Tree and Shrub Genera of Borneo
      <http://www.phylodiversity.net/borneo/delta/> (DELTA)
    * Vascular Plant Families & Genera
      <http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/web.dbs/genlist.html> (K)
    * Virtual Herbarium Web Portal
      <http://www.virtualherbarium.org/vhportal.html> (multi-site
      herbarium searches)
    * W3TROPICOS <http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html> (MO)
    * Weather Forecasts
      
<http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/international/asia-temps-index.htm>,
      from USA Today
    * World Conservation Monitoring Centre <http://www.unep-wcmc.org/>:
      IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants
      <http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/plants/red_list.htm>
    * World Grasses Database
      <http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/herbarium/gramineae/wrldgr.htm>
      (Poaceae, DELTA)
    * Worldwide Botanical Knowledge Base Project <http://wwbota.free.fr/>
    * Wuhan Institute of Botany, Information and Data Services
<http://www.whiob.ac.cn/cbiswh1/division/informe.html>

Dictionaries and Glossaries:

    * Aquatic and Wetland Plants <http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/glossary.html>
    * Botanical Epithets <http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html>
    * Botanical Terms <http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/>
    * botany.dic <../guide-94/botany_dic.zip> for spell-checks
    * Carnivorous Plants <http://www.flytrap.demon.co.uk/cpgloss.htm>
    * Categorical Glossary for FNA
      <http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD/Departments/DB-INTRO/IntroFNA.shtml>

    * Character Classification
      <http://www.ibiblio.org/botnet/glossary/charclas.html>
    * Chinese-English Glossary of Botanical Terms
      <http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/Glossary/>
    * Flora of Australia
      <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/flora/webpubl/glossary.htm>
    * Hyperdictionary <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/>
    * Lindley's Illustrated Botanical Terms
      <../delta/www/images/illustrated_botanical_terms.htm>
    * OneLook Dictionaries <http://www.onelook.com/>
* Roots of Names <http://garden-gate.prairienet.org/botrts.htm>

Libraries:

    * AGRICOLA Web Gateway--NAL <http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/>
    * California Academy of Sciences Library
      <http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/> (CAS)
    * CICC Library Online Catalog
      <http://www.taipei.org/worldpac/eng/wphome.htm>
    * Harvard University Herbaria: Botanical Libraries
      <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/index.html>
    * Missouri Botanical Garden Library
      <http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/molib/> (MO)
    * Natural History Museum Library
      <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/library/index.html> (BM)
    * Neo Latin Texts Online <http://eee.uci.edu/~papyri/bibliography/>
    * Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Library Catalogue
      <http://www.kew.org/library/index.html> (K)
    * UK Union Catalogue of Chinese Books <http://sinica.ac.uk/>
    * W3Vast Bibliography <http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vbib.html>
(MO)

Networks in China

    * Flora of China Mirror <http://flora_of_china.mirror.ac.cn/> (at
      Institute of Microbiology, Beijing)
    * Chinese Academy of Sciences <http://www.cnc.ac.cn/> (CASNET)
    * (CBIS) Chinese Biodiversity Information System <http://www.brim.ac.cn/>


Plant Taxonomic Databases
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Botany/Plants/Taxonomic_Databases/
--------->>>
SITE LISTINGS

    * USDA National PLANTS Database and Projects
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=1056102/*http://plants.usda.gov/>
      [*] - provides a single source of standardized information about
      plants.
    * CalFlora Database
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=8912266/*http://www.calflora.org/>
      - contains geographic and ecological distribution information for
      California's vascular plants.
    * Gymnosperm Database
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=7681248/*http://www.conifers.org/>
      - description, range, ethnobotany, and other data for all
      gymnosperms: conifers, cycads, and gnetophytes.
    * HortiPlex
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=52437651/*http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/>
      - plant database containing images, gardening information,
      nomenclature data, and links.
    * INVADERS Database System
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=15939850/*http://invader.dbs.umt.edu/>
      - comprehensive database of exotic plant names, distribution
      records, and regulatory information for the northwestern United
      States.
    * Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=35634390/*http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/kr/KRHomeExt.html>
      - database of references relevant to the taxonomy of flowering
      plants, gymnosperms, and ferns.
    * NeoFlora
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=32332599/*http://www.neoflora.com/>
      - plant database offering profiles with information on hardiness,
      characteristics, and tolerances, and planting and care instructions.
    * Pennsylvania Flora Project
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=8832880/*http://www.upenn.edu/paflora/>
      - searchable database of Pennsylvania.
    * Tropical Plant Database
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=95565854/*http://www.rain-tree.com/plants.htm>
      - providing information and education on the important plants of
      the Amazon rainforest.
    * University of Connecticut Plant Database
      
<http://srd.yahoo.com/S=95802356:D1/CS=95802356/SS=33802244/*http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/>
      - dedicated to the ornamental attributes, appropriate use, and
      identification of landscape plants suitable for the Northeast and
      areas with similar climates. Features online virtual campus walks.


Our Lousiana Garden
http://www.louisianagarden.com/resources/database.htm
----------->>>>>
Database
Plant names, plant genetics, and other plant information databases.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) <http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni>
A no frills index to Australian plant names.  Seems comprehensive and is
only accessible by a search page.

Botanical Dermatology Database <http://BoDD.cf.ac.uk%2F>
An all text database with a search system.  Learn about all those plants
that can give you rash and make you itch.

CalFlora Database <http://galaxy.cs.berkeley.edu%2Fcalflora%2F>
Contains geographic and ecological distribution information for 8363
California vascular plant taxa, including links to other online sources
for California flora data.

California Academy of Sciences Catalog of Botanical Type Specimens
<http://web.calacademy.org%2Fresearch%2Fbotany%2F>
Its herbarium, with 1.6 million plant specimens, is housed in a modern
compactorized storage system. The collection ranks sixth in size in the
United States and constitutes a resource of international significance.

Concordance of Family Names
<http://www.inform.umd.edu%2FPBIO%2Fusda%2Fusdaindex.html>
A quick searchable database for family names and their alternative uses
by Cronquist, Dahlgren, Reveal, Takhtajan and Thorne.

Dendrome - A Forest Tree Genome Database <http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu%2F>
Dendrome is a collection of forest tree genome databases and other
forest genetic information resources for the international forest
genetics community.

The Encyclopedia of Plants <http://www.botany.com%2F>
Provides information on growing a variety of different plants. Includes
pictures of many species. This site is currently under construction, but
looks like it will be a great site someday. Can be browsed by common
names <http://www.botany.com%2FCommon%7E1.html> or Latin names
<http://www.botany.com%2Findex1.html>.

The Gymnosperm Database <http://home.earthlink.net%2F%7Eearlecj%2F>
A taxonomically arranged database with information and pictures on many
gymnosperm species.  Currently no search capabilities are available, but
the author, Christopher Earle, has plans to add searching later.

Harvard University Databases Page
<http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu%2FData%2Fdata.html>
This is simply a link page which gives access to the many databases at
the Harvard University Herbaria, including a type collection database
<http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu%2FData%2FTypes%2Ftypes.html>, Gray
Herbarium Index to New World Plants
<http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu%2FData%2FGray%2Fgray.html>, a botanical
collectors database
<http://www.herbaria.harvard.edu%2FData%2FCollectors%2Fcollectors.html>,
and others.

Index Nominum Genericorum (ING) <http://www.nmnh.si.edu%2Fing%2F>
Initiated in 1954 as a compilation of generic names published for all
organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
It is now online as a searchable database.

The National Register of Big Trees
<http://www.amfor.org%2Fbigtree%2Fbigtree.html>
A register for the biggest trees in the USA kept since 1940 by American
Forests.   Top 25 are online, remainder can be seen only by ordering the
book.

The International Plant Names Index <http://www.ipni.org%2F>
The most comprehensive index of its type. The index is query based and
is an attempt to cover species (and higher taxonomic names) for the
entire world. The author's name is given for each taxon and a literature
citation for where it was published.

The Ortho Online Rose Garden
<http://www.ortho.com%2Fcontent%2Fhomelawn%2Frose%2Findex.html>
There are hundreds of varieties of roses. Find out about some of them
here. Contains images of many varieties categorized by habit.

PLANTS National Database <http://plants.usda.gov%2Fplants%2F>
provides a single source of general information about the plant kingdom
to researchers and other people interested in plants.  Covers the plants
of North America.   Pictures for many plants are included.

Taxonomic Web Guide
<http://botany.about.com/library/Resources/Taxo_Guide/bltaxoidx.htm>
Looking for Internet sites for your plant of interest? Check out this
guide to link up with resources for specific taxonomic groups. Keep
checking back, as the number of groups covered will grow.

W3TROPICOS Nomenclatural Database
<http://mobot.mobot.org%2FPick%2FSearch%2Fpick.html>
A hierarchical, taxonomic database to new world vascular plants.  Simply
search by the scientific name and taxonomic information is displayed,
including identifying occurrence of the name in specific floras.

Wyoming Rare Plants Guide
<http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/others/wyplant/wyplant.htm>
A wonderful guide with pictures, descriptions, and diagnostic drawings
to help anyone know the rare plants of Wyoming.  I wish all geographic
areas had a Web site like this.   They even have a downloadable
version.  Hosted by the USGS.

The Sloane Herbarium
<http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/sloane/index.htm>
A database of images and information on over 1200 plant specimens
collected during Sloane's voyage to Jamaica (1687 - 1689).

The Paul Hermann Herbarium
<http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/hermann/index.htm>
Five volumes containing over 1900 specimens and drawings from Hermann's
years in Sri Lanka (1672 - 1677).

The John Clayton Herbarium <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/clayton/index.html>
An early collection of plants from North America (c. 1730), includes
high quality images of over 700 specimens.

Scrophulariaceae Names Index
<http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/botany/scroph/>
Database [version 2.0] of more than 20,000 Scrophulariaceae names with
authorities, place of publication and the year of publication where known.
Orchid Specimen Database <http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/botany/orchid/>
The Orchid Specimen Database contains over 38,000 records of
non-European Orchidaceae held at The Natural History Museum, London.
Belize Research Page
<http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/lascuevas/lascuevas_data.html>
Contains species checklist data on the biodiversity of Belize.
Flora-for-Fauna <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/>
The Postcode Plants Database: identify the plants and wildlife native to
your specific UK locality




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