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Flora databases and online resources

Online flora resources

Australian Marine Algae Index

Australian Algal Name Index

A database of the taxonomy (both accepted names and their synonyms), nomenclature and distribution of the Australian marine macro and micro algae and freshwater algae.

  • Australian Fresh Water Algal Name Index
  • Australian Marine Algal Name Index (AMANI):
    • AMANI: macro algae search
    • AMANI: micro algae search
 
Catalogue of Australian Mosses (AusMoss)

Catalogue of Australian Mosses (AusMoss)

AusMoss provides nomenclatural and taxonomic information on the mosses of Australia and its external territories. It also provides distribution data for continental Australia of Australian species.

 
Checklist of Australian Lichenicolous Fungi
Checklist of Australian Lichenicolous Fungi
 
Checklist of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts

Checklist of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts

This checklist describes the liverworts and hornworts of Australia including nomenclature, literature and distribution.

 
Checklist of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts

Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories

This illustrated checklist describes the lichen flora of Australia and its island territories and includes nomenclatural and taxonomic synonyms and names that have been misapplied to Australian specimens.

  • Catalogue of Porinaceae
  • Catalogue of Strigulaceae
  • Checklist of Pacific Island Lichens
 
Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi

Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi (ICAF)

The Catalogue provides the currently accepted name of species of fungi described or reported from Australia and covers macrofungi in the Basidiomycota and Myxomycota, including mushrooms, coral fungi, bracket fungi, puffballs and slime moulds.

 

Vascular Flora

 
Flora of australia

Flora of Australia - NEW

  • Flora of Australia
    previously Flora of Australia Online, see entry below
  • Flora of Australia help

This digital platform integrates a wide range of botanical information from many sources, such as nomenclature, distribution maps, images, biodiversity data, and identification keys.

For the first time, the Flora of Australia transitions from static taxonomic treatments to an innovative and dynamic online platform. This move has made the information more accessible and more user-friendly, with easier navigation through the classification, and more rapid updates.

Features includes:

  • Existing treatments from past Flora of Australia volumes
  • New family and species profiles
  • Search and browse circa 14 000 taxon profiles
  • Dynamically links to other Australian bioinformatics resources
  • Interactive keys and flora spatial subsetting
 
ABRS Flora online

Flora of Australia Online

The Flora of Australia Online database is no longer being updated. The Flora of Australia is now being delivered on a new interactive web platform available at:

  • Flora of Australia

This is a free online public enquiry database that provides taxonomic and biological information. The database is derived from the published volumes of the Flora of Australia, of which 17 volumes are currently online.

  • Flora of Australia Online
    Data covers the six Australian States, the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory and immediate offshore islands
  • Flora of Australia Online Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
    Data covers Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island and the associated islets of the Admiralty Group, Balls Pyramid, Blackburn (Rabbit) Island, Mutton Bird Island, Nepean Island and Philip Island
  • Flora of Australia Online Oceanic Islands excluding Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
    Data covers Ashmore Reef, Cartier Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Heard Island, Macquarie Island and McDonald Island
 

Glossaries

  • Algae glossary
  • Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups glossary
  • Fungi glossary
  • Mosses glossary
  • Lichen glossary
  • Protist glossary
  • Vascular flora glossary

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