Learn about Plant Names
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Selected Books on Botanical Terminology
Lists books in the National Agricultural Library that define terms used in names and descriptions of plants.
Germplasm Resources Information Network
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Provides nomenclature, classification, distribution, references, and economic impacts for over 40,000 accessions of USDA's National Plant Germplasm System.
International Association for Plant Taxonomy and the Smithsonian Institution.
International Association for Plant Taxonomy, University of Maryland, and Cornell University.
International Plant Names Index
Plant Names Project, a consortium comprising the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Harvard University Herbaria and the Australian National Herbarium, Canberra
Missouri Botanical Garden.
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Database of plant names, photo gallery, fact sheets, cultural use, noxious and invasive plants, threatened and endangered plants, wetland plants, and software.
Freie Universität Berlin. Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem.
Lists over 28,000 generic names in current use for extant plants. Includes the original citation for the generic name.
Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification.
Lists over 4400 taxonomic specialists. Searchable by person, an institute, a specific country, a taxonomic group, or for a combination of these criteria.