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Names
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages 
 Detailed information on over 100 spices including the history, chemical constituents, culinary use, and etymology of the plant names. The site features several indexes: alphabetic, geographic, morphologic (the part of the plant used in cookery), botanic, and mixtures (e.g., five spice powder). Available in German and English, with spice names listed in several languages. Searchable. http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/ Topics: Gardening, Herbs, Spices, Condiments, and Flavorings, Plants Last updated Jun 5, 2007 Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)
ING, "a collaborative project of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) and the Smithsonian Institution, was initiated in 1954 as a compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the 'International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.'" Database is current through 1990 and includes a bibliography. From the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/ing/ingForm.cfm Topics: Biology, Plants, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Science, Science Last updated Apr 10, 2007 The International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
"A database of the [scientific] names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants" (flowering plants and gymnosperms). Searchable by plant name, author, or publication. The data are compiled from the Index Kewensis (IK) from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the Gray Card Index (GCI) for New World plants at Harvard's University Herbaria; and the Australian Plant Names Index (APNI). http://www.ipni.org/ Topics: Biology, Plants, Science, Science Last updated Oct 9, 2005 The Language of Flowers
This site features tables listing flower and plant names with their Victorian-era meanings. It also contains a glossary of meanings to aid users in finding a flower or plant to go with a specific thought or idea (e.g., Damask Rose represents "bashful love"). The information is taken from six books printed between 1853 and 1899. http://home.comcast.net/~bryant.katherine/flowers.html Topics: Gardening, Plants Last updated Sep 25, 2004 New York Botanical Garden: International Plant Science Center
This website offers plant research resources such as a global herbaria database, the Index to American Botanical Literature, and a plant specimen database. From the New York Botanical Garden Plant Science Center, which has a mission to discover and understand "the plants of the world and their evolutionary relationships." http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/ Topics: Plants Last updated Sep 28, 2006 Plants National Database - USDA
This site from the United States Department of Agriculture provides standardized plant names, symbols and other plant attribute information. PND can be searched by common or scientific name, family or genus and limited by state. In addition, there is a browsable and searchable image gallery of over 1,000 plants; Fact Sheets and Plant Guides , which provide more detailed information on over 130 species of plants; lists of invasive and noxious weeds and threatened and endangered plants; and wetland indicator status for vascular plants, by genus, family, and/or wetland region. http://plants.usda.gov/ Topics: Agriculture, Plants, Regions of the World Last updated May 12, 2004 |
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