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Flora of North America
Flora of North America Association.
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Germplasm Resources Information Network
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Provides nomenclature, classification, distribution, references, and economic impacts for over 40,000 accessions of USDA's National Plant Germplasm System.
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Index Nominum Genericorum
International Association for Plant Taxonomy and the Smithsonian Institution.
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Index Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularum
International Association for Plant Taxonomy, University of Maryland, and Cornell University.
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
United States Department of Agriculture.
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International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
International Association for Plant Taxonomy.
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International Plant Names Index
Plant Names Project, a consortium comprising the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Harvard University Herbaria and the Australian National Herbarium, Canberra
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Missouri Botanical Garden VAST (VAScular Tropicos) Nomenclatural Database
Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
Freie Universität Berlin. Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem.
Lists over 28,000 generic names in current use for extant plants. Includes the original citation for the generic name.
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Plants National Database
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Database of plant names, photo gallery, fact sheets, cultural use, noxious and invasive plants, threatened and endangered plants, wetland plants, and software.
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World Taxonomist Database
Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification.
Lists over 4400 taxonomic specialists. Searchable by person, an institute, a specific country, a taxonomic group, or for a combination of these criteria.
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