New, out-of-print and antiquarian books on botany, forestry and natural history
Archives: Recommended Websites
Missouri Botanical Garden Press
Publishes quarterly journals and monographic series relating to botanic research
Koeltz Scientific Books
Academic publications on botany and zoology
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps
This site organizes links to maps by continent, and then by country or region.
Botanical Explorations in the United States and Canada [Bibliography]
A professor emeritus whose research specialty is botany in North America recommends a series of technical sources relating to North American sites.
New Ornamentals Database
Reference source for the newest ornamental plants not typically referenced elsewhere. Basic subscription cost starts at $39.00 per year.
Biodiversity International’s New World Fruits Database
“The New World Fruits Database aims at providing easier access to some basic, but often difficult to obtain, information on fruits from the New World (North and South America). Key information provided includes data on nomenclature, taxonomic and vernacular, on fruit and plant uses and on distribution and origin. Links are provided to additional information, such as experts working on the different species, references and URLs, making the database a useful starting point in a search for more information on the selected species.”
Missouri Botanic Garden’s TROPICOS Databases
“All of the nomenclatural, bibliographic, and specimen data accumulated in MBG’s electronic databases during the past 25 years are publicly available here. This system has over 1.2 million scientific names and 4.0 million specimen records.”
James Reveal’s Concordance of Angiosperm Family Names
An index of plant family names and their alternative names as suggested by leading taxonomists.
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
An international non-profit group that develops standards and protocols for sharing biodiversity data, the site includes standards documentation, databases of biodiversity projects and networks, plus a wiki for collaborating on information sharing.