taxa botanical

here are some links to initiatives concerning plant taxonomy, that might be useful for identifying or for describing flowering plants. the following web sites are maintained by others, and are not part of the enhanceability.com web site.

• Plant Conservation Alliance—a conservation initiative within the purview of the US National Park Service and other federal agencies.
• California Native Plant Society—initiative for the preservation of California native flora
• University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley—information resources about the collections and the Jepson manual for identifying California native plants.
• Biota of North America Program—gateways to resources about flora and fauna of North America.
• Bioinformatics Working Group, Texas A & M University—gateways to the Biotas of Texas and beyond.
• Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)(Taxonomic Database Working Group)—initiative for the development of taxonomic resources.
• TDWG Subgroup on Biological Collection Data—initiative for the development of taxonomic resources.
• ABCD Schema - Task Group on Access to Biological Collection Data—initiative for the development of taxonomic resources.

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