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Sub-Categories in Plantae

Anthocerotophyta (55)
Bryophyta (270)
Coniferophyta (478)
Cycadophyta (501)
Equisetophyta (47)
Fossil Plant Groups@ (5)
Ginkgophyta (14)

Gnetophyta (27)
Hepaticophyta (127)
Lycopodiophyta (81)
Magnoliophyta (5130)
Polypodiophyta (509)
Psilotophyta (29)
Pteridophyta (10)

Web Sites in Category Plantae

Albion College Vascular Plant Image Gallery - Taxonomically arranged images and summaries of family characteristics.

Atlas of the Flora of New England - Continuing project with annotated checklists of pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and most monocots, with links to dot maps for each taxon.

Botanical Word Meanings and Name Derivations - References on California plant names, meanings and derivations from Latin and Greek roots, with biographical information on western botanists and collectors.

CalFlora Database - Searchable database all 8375 currently recognized vascular plants in California, including 20000 photographs.

Caudiciforms - Information and photos of many species of caudiciforms - plants with thickened bases.

Dictionary of Botanical Epithets - Glossary of Latin terms used in species names, from abbreviatulus to yunnanensis.

Digital Flora of Texas - Vascular Plant Image Library - Large collection of photographs, arranged by family.

Flora of Hokkaido - Distribution maps of vascular plants of Hokkaido, Japan.

FloraBase - The Flora of Western Australia - Authoritative scientific information on 12,000 taxa in Western Australia, including maps, images, descriptions, specimen, and nomenclatural information. Requires registration.

Forestry Images - Plants - Small collection of plant imagery, from University of Georgia.

Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names - Meanings of over 1000 root words used in scientific names of plants.

Hawaiian Native Plant Genera - Images of hundreds of species of ferns, fern allies, and flowering plants, arranged by genus.

Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas - Information including keys, descriptions and illustrations of species available in Adobe pdf format by Shinners and Mahler.

Index Nominum Genericorum - A collaborative project of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and the Smithsonian Institution, providing a compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

International Plant Names Index - Database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants.

Introduction to the Green Kingdom - Brief introduction to the plant kingdom with links to further information.

Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature - Database of references to publications on the taxonomy of flowering plants, gymnosperms, and ferns.

Kingdom: Plantae - A growing directory of the hierarchy, from Kingdom down to species, with common names included, and descriptive pages on selected species.

Land Plants Online - Southern Illinois University's guide to the taxonomic and evolutionary relations among terrestrial plants, with extensive links to other resources.

Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera - International Association for Plant Taxonomy searchable database.

National Herbarium Nederland - Information about the research themes and training undertaken at the national herbarium of the Netherlands, with links to the three contributary universities.

National Plant Data Center - Responsible for the PLANTS database, which focuses on the vascular and non-vascular plants of the United States and its territories, including checklists, species abstracts, distribution data, crop information, plants symbols and plant growth data.

Natural Perspective: Plant Kingdom - Introduction to the Plant Kingdom with information on some of the divisions which make up this group.

PLANTS National Database - Online USDA database of information, images, and links on plants in the USA, including crops and invasives. Search by name, geographic distribution, or other characteristics.

Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States - Full text index of the 1998 version of the Biota of North America Program's checklist.

The Oldest Land Plants - Introduction to the first land plants, known from fossils.

University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) - The herbarium and the associated paleobotanical collection have combined holdings of approximately 1/2 million specimens. Includes library search, catalog, and project information.

University of Manchester: British Flowering Plants - Searchable, illustrated collection.

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