List of known errors for our textbook, and other text-related info: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/plants/plantsystematics/stud.html 

• International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. All of the rules for naming plants.
• Authors of Plant Names (as well as a searchable index of plant names; from Kew)
• Glossary of Latin Roots for Botanical Names

• Animations of plant growth and phyllotaxy. Alter branching angles, understand how pruning works, and much more! Since some of these files are 5MB and larger, be cautious about what you download. To save download time, some of these QuickTime movies are available in the department computer lab in the "flora" folder. Also see http://www.cpai.uq.edu.au/index.php?q=./our_research/virtual_plants/plant_animations.php
• Radford online. One of  the classic sources for explanations of morphological terms is a book by Radford. This website appears to have most or all of that text online. At the least, this is a splendid online glossary.  http://www.ibiblio.org/botnet/glossary/vasc.html . Definitely useful and worth exploring
• Visual models of morphogenesis. Uses "L-system" computer models to generate amazing animations of plant growth! Excellent and informative, the images are so realistic it's almost scary. Includes a nice introduction to this type of modeling. .
• Plants in motion. Enough of simulations -- let's see web-based time lapse of the real thing! http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/starthere.html

• Image and collections database from University of Wisconsin:  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/

   

• Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/welcome.html. Helpful and lengthy summary and interpretation of the APG2002 phylogeny, orders, etc. Distributions and  characteristics for both orders and families. There is tons here, and you should visit it often. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND AND SEARCH FOR CLASSIFICATION.

• Tree of Life. Cladistic organization of the biological hierarchy. Absolutely packed with great information, and growing rapidly. Shortcut to angiosperms.

• http://www.plantsystematics.org/ Searchable database of images, organized phylogenetically.

• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantaesy.html. UC Berkeley's giant evolution/phylogeny site has loads of info about plants, their evolution, and their phylogeny. Poke around here and learn more.

• http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/deeptime/ University of Florida site with a phylogeny of both living and fossil taxa

• Brief Introduction to Cladistics. UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology has a nice brief introduction that is wildly enthusiastic about cladistics. Take a peek at their flowering plant info).
• Schools of Taxonomy. An "evolutionary taxonomy" biased view of the topic; contrast with the view above.
• Phylip. Download a phylogeny estimation program, for free!
• Phylomatic (http://www.phylodiversity.net/phylomatic/). plug in your plant families, and phylomatic will show the cladogram of their relationships.
• How to understand phylogenetic trees. http://www.tree-thinking.org/
• Links for Palaeobotanists. Lots of useful information on anatomy and taxonomy. http://www.mineralogie.uni-wuerzburg.de/palbot/taxonomy/taxonomy.html

• http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/bryolab/GPphylo/hyper_trees.php hyperbolic trees that expand as you click and drag. Kinda fun and mac-like.

   

   

• Listing of Ohio's Threatened and Endangered Plant Species -- make sure you don't accidentally collect the last of something!
• Ohio Trees on the Internet. Nice blurbs on each species.
• Quebec-based introduction to tree identification!
• Review pollination syndromes on line with a quiz by prominent pollination biologist Olle Pelmyr!
• What is "Township and Range ?"
• Example plant labels
• The Jade Glue Theory. (A Plant Mounting Guide for the 21st Century). Enjoyable discussion of how to mount permanent herbarium specimens, from UT Austin.
• The Ancient Teays River and glacial history of Ohio (Ohio Geological Survey -- surf around this site a little to learn more).
• http://www.phylosystems.com/ - county level distribution maps
• Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1

• Online polyclave/'direct choice' keys to an assortment of plant groups in Flora of North America (mostly monocots like orchids and sedges). http://utc.usu.edu/keys/

• Internet Directory for Botany. All the botanical links you could ever want! Great place to find more information.
• Plant anatomy. Review/introduction to basic plant anatomy
• A review of basic plant reproduction 
• Cal's Plant of the Week. http://www.plantoftheweek.org/index.shtml 
• University of Connecticut plant growth facilities. This is a fantastic resource for gaining more information about plants that grow in greenhouses. Search by family to find examples, and use the many other tools available (e.g., http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/pollinator.html to learn more about pollinators of plants currently in bloom at their greenhouse).
• Scott's Botanical Link of the Day This site has great links, although it's currently dormant. Browse the archives, learn more about plants.

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