Taxonomy and Systematics at Glasgow:
About taxonomy and systematics at the University of Glasgow, with
links to other internet resources on these subjects.
http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/
Fairchild Tropical Garden Virtual Herbarium:
Includes photos of more than 50,000 plant, palm, cycad and other
cultivated tropical plants from Florida and taxonomic information on
grasses, especially bamboos, and other economically important and
interesting plants.
http://www.virtualherbarium.org
BioNET - International:
A global network of country-owned collaborative LOOPs to support
national programs for biosystematics to support goals in areas such
as sustainable development and pest management.
http://www.bionet-intl.org
American Society of Plant Taxonomists:
Promotes research and teaching in the taxonomy, systematics, and
phylogeny of vascular and nonvascular plants.
http://www.sysbot.org/
Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification:
ETI is a non-governmental organisation in operational relations with
UNESCO. Their mission is to develop scientific/educational
computer-aided information systems, to improve general access to,
and to promote use of taxonomic and biodiversity knowledge
worldwide.
http://www.eti.uva.nl/
Classification Lab:
A project examining the phylogenetic tree of life and all of its
features, with information and pictures for every class and an
interactive, dynamic hierarchy.
http://sidwell.edu/us/science/vlb5/Labs/Classification_Lab/classification_lab.html
Scalenet - Glossary:
A short glossary explaining some of the terms used in taxonomy. From
a site on scale insects.
http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/glossary.htm
ETI World Taxonomist Database:
Directory of specialists searchable by name, country, or
specialization.
http://www.eti.uva.nl/Database/WTD.html
Glossary of Phylogenetic Systematics:
An annotated, extensive hypertext glossary of the terminology of
Phylogenetic Systematics, with a discussion and criticsm of
mainstream Computer Cladistics.
http://www.bechly.de/glossary.htm
Tree of Life:
A project containing information about the diversity of organisms on
Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked
together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all
organisms to each other.
http://tolweb.org/
Treebase:
A relational database of phylogenetic trees and the data matrices
used to generate them from published research papers. Includes
animals, plants, and fungi.
http://www.treebase.org/treebase/
Integrated Taxonomic Information System:
Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and
microbes of North America and the world.
http://www.itis.usda.gov/
Biognomen:
A Linnaean taxonomy arranged to show the evolutionary relationships
among groups. One can navigate through the hierarchy vertically, or
follow a lineage horizontally at a particular level of the
hierarchy.
http://members.aol.com/bafiler/
Biodiversity and Biological Collection Databases:
Information of interest to systematists and other organismic
biologists such as biological collections, taxonomic files,
directories and ListServ archives, computer programs, reports by
standards bodies (IOPI, ASC, and SA2000), and access to on-line
journals.
http://www.biocollections.org/
DELTA: Description Language for Taxonomy:
A flexible format for encoding taxonomic descriptions for computer
processing. It can be used to produce natural-language descriptions,
keys, classifications, and information-retrieval systems.
http://biodiversity.bio.uno.edu/delta/
Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy:
National Science Foundation (USA) competition to support
competitively reviewed research projects that target groups of
poorly known organisms.
http://nhm.ku.edu/peet/
Systema Naturae 2000:
An up-to-date historical cross-referenced classification of life
based on original authorative scientific literature.
http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/
Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer:
A networked information service for biological information
resources, based upon the Taxonomic Name Server, a thesaurus of
taxonomic information.
http://www.ubio.org
