Plant Science

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Information on all known species in Australia aggregated from a wide range of data providers. Contains more than 50 million occurrence records, based on specimens, field observations and surveys, enriched by additional information including molecular data, photographs, maps, sound recordings and literature.

The Australian National Botanic Gardens, on the lower slopes of Black Mountain in Canberra, has the world’s most comprehensive display of living Australian native plants. A place for recreation, inspiration, science and learning. Use the links on this page to explore the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) and the Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).

The Australian Biological Resources Study provides online delivery of taxonomic and biological information on flora, lichens, algae, bryophytes, fungi and protists.

Provides plant identification tools and weed species

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Maintained by the Australian National Botanic Gardens as part of its larger IBIS database, the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature.

Includes articles by UQ academic staff; browse by topics such as ocean temperature, biodiversity, plant biology, reptiles, Pacific Ocean or search by keyword.

Holds information on the names, relationships and distributions of over 1.8 million species. It contains a single integrated species checklist and taxonomic hierarchy.

A compilation of generic names published for organisms
covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants.

IPNI is the product of a collaboration between The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium.

Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives

bioRxiv is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. It is operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a not-for-profit research and educational institution. By posting prepriints here, authors can make their findings immediately available to the scientific community.