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Botany Indexes
Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers - Missouri Botanical GardenThe Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers is an NSF funded project that aims to extract and index original plant chromosome numbers of naturally occurring and cultivated plants published throughout the world.
Tropicos - Missouri Botanical GardenContains nomenclatural, bibliographic, and specimen data accumulated in MBG’s electronic databases during the past 25 years. This system has over 1.2 million scientific names and 3.9 million specimen records.
Index Herbariorum - New York Botanical GardenIndex Herbariorum is a guide to the world's herbaria. Information is available for searching by institution, city, state, acronym, staff member, correspondent, research specialty, and important collections. Telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and URL addresses are included.
Note that the Index is fully searchable on research specialty, so it also serves as a PLANT SPECIALISTS INDEX.
Search multiple databases covering the biological sciences.
BioOne CompleteThis link opens in a new windowOur full text availability covers journal issues published on BioOne through June 30, 2020.
BioOne brings to the Web an aggregation of the full texts of high-impact bioscience research journals.
Elsevier ScienceDirectThis link opens in a new windowScholarly journals and ebooks in engineering, science, technology, health, and social science disciplines.
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowIncludes the premier research journals of the Ecological Society of America along with titles broadly focused on ecosystems. The botany titles encompass a range of topics such as plant biology, systematic botany, and taxonomy.
Plant ScienceThis link opens in a new windowPlant Science is a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, and biotechnology.
Web of ScienceThis link opens in a new windowCitation database covering the journal literature of the sciences. Coverage from 1945 to present.
Wiley Online LibraryThis link opens in a new windowNearly 1,500 online publications for researchers and professionals.
Linking Florida's Natural HeritageThis link opens in a new windowThis page includes links to various botanical data and collections throughout the state of Florida, as well as plant and herbarium information.
Type Specimens in the University of Florida HerbariumThis link opens in a new windowOpen Access
A nomenclatural type specimen is a herbarium sheet(s) or illustration to which the name of a taxon (species, genus, subspecies, etc.) is permanently assigned, whether as a correct name or as a synonym. The type specimen chosen for the name is not necessarily the typical or representative element of a taxon (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, 2000). Type specimens coupled with published descriptions may be considered the foundation of scientific plant names, botanical nomenclature.
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Theses and Dissertations
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