Botany Websites
- The BOTList: Links to
Ethnobotany Sites on the Web
From the scholarly to the psychedelic, here is a hotlist of links to ethnobotany sites all over the world created by AE Science Editor, Sean Henahan and '95 Fellow, Marlys McCurdy's AP Bio Class.
- Bryophytes provides information on the classification, structural features, natural history, ecology and evolutionary relationships of mosses,liverworts and hornworts.
- Cyberbotanica
This botany education resource produced by Lucy Snyder of Indiana University's BioTech Project contains information about the use of medicinal plants as chemotherapeutic agents.
- The Ethnbotany Resource Directory
The WWW Ethnobotany Resource Directory is a collection of more than 85
ethnobotanical links which are divided into 11 subjects. The purpose of
this site is to unify global information regarding ethnobotanical
research and documentation on the Internet through the World Wide Web.
- Ethnobotany
Background information and student activities related to ethnobotany, the study of how people of a particular culture and region make of use of indigenous plants.
- The Internet Directory of Botany
This index to botanical information available on the Internet contains the combined efforts of botanists from the United States, Finland and Canada. It consists of two parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory.
- Lichenland
Lichen biology, practical uses, diagrams and photos. The material is
presented at two levels: "for novitiates" and "for professionals".
- Missouri Botanical Gardens
The Missouri Botanical Garden operates the world's most active research program in tropical botany.
- Links for Palaeobotanists
A wide range of annotated links to internet resources of special interest to palaeobotanists.
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Plants, People and the Environment
Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments at the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has developed a multipart lecture series
called "Plant Biology 102" covering topics in evolution, biodiversity,
and applied plant biology. The site contains Real Audio lectures
and accompanying slides. Be sure not to miss their
Virtual Cell
demonstration.
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Smithsonian Catalog of Botanical Illustrations
The Department of Botany of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of
Natural History has created a database of 500 botanical illustrations
curated by the department's scientific illustrator, Alice
Tangerini.
- University of Michigan Herbarium
Collections and Databases from the University of Michigan. Search for types of Algae, Bryophytes, Lichens, and Vascular Plants.
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