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Flora and Fauna
Top level subcategories are: five Kingdoms plus Viruses.
The structure is organized according to a taxonomy tree.
Some subtaxons and taxon levels are intentionally omitted for:
1) escaping from "unstable" taxons;
2) ease in navigation;
3) convenience in editing.
The structure is organized according to a taxonomy tree.
Some subtaxons and taxon levels are intentionally omitted for:
1) escaping from "unstable" taxons;
2) ease in navigation;
3) convenience in editing.
Sites in Flora and Fauna
BiologyBase
Checklists, articles, and links for the world of life.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
World Biodiversity Database
A growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million). Taxonomic trees, descriptions, synonyms, literature citations, and molecular database queries.
BioImages - Virtual Fieldguide for UK Biodiversity
Large selection of pictures of organisms, mostly British in origin. Images are an aid to identification, showing different stages, states and views of the organisms. Search the database or follow a taxonomic tree.
Biodiversity Explorer
Classification of all forms of life, with some photos. Has a strong South African emphasis.
Tree of Life
Phylogenetic tree with information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. An on-going multi-authored project hosted by the University of Arizona.
Natural Perspective
Dedicated to the beauty and science of nature and to the joys nature brings to those who explore it. The material here is organized according to the biological principles of Taxonomy.
Discover Life
Information about taxonomy, natural history, distribution, abundance, and ecology of many species worldwide. Includes tools to identify, map, and database species.
ARKive
Non-profit initiative of The Wildscreen Trust with photographs, movie clips, sound recordings, and brief desriptions of selected endangered and protected species of Britain and the rest of the world.
BIOSIS Resources
Includes the Index to Organism Names, a publicly available subset of TRITON the Taxonomy Resource, and the Zoological Record Thesaurus.
Natural Selection
A gateway to quality, evaluated Internet resources in the natural world co-ordinated by The Natural History Museum, London.
Kingdoms Project
Project to establish web-based databases of organisms and other natural sciences subjects. Includes information about some taxonomic groups.
Lepidoptera and Other Life Forms
Taxonomic tree of mammals, insects, birds, and plants. Includes common and scientific names, publication details, references, links, general range maps, and some images. Most complete for Lepidoptera.
NCBI Taxonomy
Searchable and browsable taxonomy tree of organisms for which there are publicly available gene sequences.
Canadian Version of Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Searchable database of four kingdoms: plant, animal, fungi, monera. Search by scientific or common names, English or French.
Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
A compilation of various phylogenetic trees representing different views of taxonomy. Includes links to other taxonomic websites.
Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes
Provides access to materials from the fish, mammal, and fungus collections of the University of Michigan, USA. Includes many images of specimens.
Survey of the Plant Kingdoms
Explores plant anatomy, taxonomy, and classification, from Monera through the higher plants. Includes descriptions as well as graphics and schematics.
BioLib
Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with a photo gallery and some checklists for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In Czech and English. |
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