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Distribution maps and a check list of vascular plants found growing in Hokkaido.
Brief introduction to the plant kingdom with links to further information.
Taxonomically arranged images and summaries of family characteristics.
One of the world’s great botanical works, this was started in 1752 but not completed until 1883. The 3,240 engravings in folio of all the wild plants of Denmark are now available online.
Checklist of plants, subdivided by form, with common names.
A photo guide and identification tool for vascular plants of West Africa with an easy to use multi-entry key of 18 characters.
Introduction to the first land plants, known from fossils.
Free to use horticultural and conservation research tool with an up-to-date list of all the world's Cycad species.
Phylogenetic trees, technical descriptions of all orders and families, references, and links. By Peter Stevens of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Brief description of this genus of evergreen trees allied to Podocarpus and Dacrydium.
Description and images of the Japanese umbrella pine, the sole species in its family.
Brief description of the yew family, with notes on taxonomy.
Article on the use of cycads in the landscape.
Lists places in the wild and in cultivation where Cycads may be seen.
Description of this dioecious perennial plant of southwest Africa, often described as "unlike any known plant on earth."
A photograph of the leaves of a Sphagnum plant.
Description and range of the cypress-pines of Western Australia.
Description, image, and range of this endemic of Tasmania.
Distribution and Occurrence; Value and Use; Characteristics; Fire Ecology
Information on distribution and occurrence, value and use, characteristics, and fire ecology.
Taxonomy, description, range, and species accounts.
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Description and images.
Description and images.
Description of the family.
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Description, characteristics, seasonality, ecology.
Family description, genus Isoetes description and key to species with descriptions and bibliography.
Includes synonyms, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Information on this family and its cultural requirements.
General description and images of the family of epiphytic herbs or terrestrial xerophytes comprising about 45 genera and 2,000 species.
Botanical details of this family.
Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography.
Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography.
Habit and leaf form; Anatomy; Morphology; Physiology; Biochemistry; Geography.
Photos and information on perennial herbs.
Habit and leaf form, anatomy, morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and geography.
Features list of species with photos and descriptions as well as their distribution in this country. Includes information on the Estonian Orchid Protection Club.
Brief details of the family, and descriptions and photographs of a range of its members.
Devoted to the tropical orchid genus, Sobralia, native to Central and South America. Includes taxonomy, images, culture, AOS awards, and plant sources.
Photos and short descriptions of about 20 grasses important in Hawaii.
Brief description of the family, illustrations and account of many members of it.
Botanical description of this family with illustrations of Actinidia arguta and Clematoclethra actinidioides.
Information from Wikipedia on this family of flowering plants which is now usually considered to include the family Chenopodiaceae.
Description of the plant family, with descriptions and images of some of its members.
Botanical description of this family of trees and shrubs, with technical drawings of Barringtonia and Carreya.
Botanical description of this family of plants with asymmetric leaves, with technical drawings of Begonia.
Description of members of this family which are mostly tropical trees or shrubs, with photographs of some.
Images of many cactus genera as planted specimens in collections or in natural habitat, with horticultural advice and a discussion forum.
Botanical characteristics of this family with technical drawings of Carica papaya, the pawpaw.