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* Cladistics
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Promotes research and teaching in the taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny of vascular and nonvascular plants.
http://www.sysbot.org/
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/
Biognomen
A Linnaean taxonomy arranged in hyperlinked evolutionary trees. One can navigate through the hierarchy vertically, or follow a lineage horizontally at a particular level of the hierarchy.
http://webpages.charter.net/teefile/biognomen/
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
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
Etymologies, puns and funny sounds and wordplay in taxonomy.
http://home.earthlink.net/~misaak/taxonomy.html
DELTA: Description Language for Taxonomy
A flexible format for encoding taxonomic descriptions for computer processing. It can be used to produce natural-language descriptions, conventional or interactive keys, classifications, and information-retrieval systems.
http://delta-intkey.com/
ETI World Taxonomist Database
Directory of specialists searchable by name, country, or specialization.
http://www.eti.uva.nl/Database/WTD.html
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/
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