CPBR and ANBG databases

Australian plant names

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) - historical listing of scientific names used for Australian vascular plants.
• Australian Plant Census (APC) - currently accepted scientific names for Australian vascular plants.
• What's Its Name? (WIN)
• Australian Orchid Name Index (AONI) [PDF 1,699 KB] and Checklist [PDF 219 KB]
• Registered cultivars of Australian native plants (ACRA)
• Common Names of Australian Plants
• Catalogue of Mosses of Australia and its External Territories

Herbarium specimen data

• Australian National Herbarium Specimen Information Register (ANHSIR)
  - (for access to data - contact anhsirquery@anbg.gov.au with your project details).
• Locality Census Tool for specimens in ANHSIR
• Australia's Virtual Herbarium (AVH)

Images of Australian Plants

• Australian Plant Image Index (full) or search for digitised images only
• Search by plant family

Living plants in Australian botanic gardens

• Living Plants in the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)
• In Flower this Week (ANBG)
• Census of Plants in Australia's major Botanic Gardens

Other CPBR and ANBG plant name facilities

• SpeciesLinks - a one-stop-shop linking to a range of botanical databases, just enter your plant name.
• Integrated Botanical Information System - IBIS - links to all its interfaces

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

• Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) resources

Flora of Australia online (ABRS) Australian Biological Resources Study

• Flora of Australia excluding Australia's Oceanic Islands (which families are on-line?)
• Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
• Oceanic Islands excluding Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands

Other databases

• International Plant Names Index
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility - GBIF
• Australian botanical and vegetation databases for landcare groups
• Other botanical databases from around the world

Australian National Botanic Gardens

Information about Australian Plants

Australia-wide botanic gardens information