About the Internet Directory for Botany

Introduction

The Internet Directory of Botany is an index to botanical information available on the Internet, compiled by Anthony R. Brach (Harvard University Herbarium, Cambridge / Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA, www page), Raino Lampinen (Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland; www page) and Shunguo Liu (G.F Ledingham Herbarium, University of Regina, Canada; www page). It consists of two parts, an alphabetical directory and a categorical directory.

The alphabetical list was compiled by Anthony R. Brach. It was originally posted on TAXACOM in March 1995. HTML format is created and maintained by Shunguo Liu. The subject category list is maintained by Raino Lampinen since Autumn 1993. It started as a personal bookmark list of botanical gopher sites, since March 1994 also www sites, and was made available via WWW in December 1994.

Additions and Corrections

The pages are regularly updated. Please send additions and/or corrections to Anthony R. Brach <brach@oeb.harvard.edu> (alphabetical list) or to Raino Lampinen <raino.lampinen@helsinki.fi> (subject category list). You can also use a www form to submit your comments, corrections and additions to the lists.The new entries will be added to both lists. Home pages of arboreta, botanical gardens, herbaria, botanical societies and botanical research institutes are most welcome, as well as the suggestions of links to their most important resources. But personal home pages of botanists are only exceptionally added to our lists. These pages are not for advertising commercial sites. We are sorry that we cannot answer specific questions beyond the scope of the information provided here.

Other Recommended Directories

We also recommend visiting the List of WWW Sites of Interest to Ecologists, compiled by Anthony R. Brach and maintained by Jean Thioulouse in the University of Lyon, France (or its Canadian mirror in Regina), and Adam Fagen's Geographical Directory of Biological Institutions.

Mirroring and Citing The Internet Directory for Botany

Mirroring the Internet Directory for Botany or its parts is permitted provided that 1) it is made clear that your page is a mirror, 2) a link to the original source is added, 3) the date when the page was last copied to the mirror site is added to the beginning of the page, 4) the contents of the page are otherwise not changed. The pages of origin can be cited as follows:

Lampinen, R., S. Liu, & A. R. Brach. (1996-). The Internet Directory for Botany. - [http://herb.biol.uregina.ca/liu/bio/idb.html].
Brach, A. R. & S. Liu. (1996-). The Internet Directory for Botany: Alphabetical List. - [http://herb.biol.uregina.ca/liu/bio/botany.html].
Lampinen, R. (1996-). The Internet Directory for Botany: Subject Category List. - [http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botmenu.html].

The official mirror sites are listed separately on the front pages of the alphabetical list and the subject category list.

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