Authoritative Sources - Botany
List of authoritative sources used for compiling the Botany Knowledge Pack. All URLs were verified at time of publication (2026-06-12).
Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Sources
- https://powo.science.kew.org/ - Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Global authority for vascular plant nomenclature.
- https://www.gbif.org/ - Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Global aggregator of occurrence data and taxonomy; REST API documented at developer.gbif.org.
- https://www.ipni.org/ - International Plant Names Index. Register of scientific names of vascular plants and bryophytes.
- https://eumed.bgbm.org/ - Euro+Med Plantbase. Taxonomic database for European and Mediterranean flora, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
- https://flora.it/ - Italian Flora Portal (IPFI). Inventory of Italian vascular flora.
Ecology and Conservation Sources
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/ - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Species threat categorization (includes Plantae).
- https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/ - EUNIS Habitat Classification, European Environment Agency. Classification of European habitats.
- https://natura2000.eea.europa.eu/ - Natura 2000 Network, EEA portal. Data on priority habitats and Natura 2000 sites.
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:31992L0043 - Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (full text).
- https://www.bgci.org/ - Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Network of botanical gardens for ex situ conservation.
General Scientific Sources
- https://bhl.si.edu/ - Biodiversity Heritage Library. Digitisation of historical scientific literature in natural history, including Linnaeus's works.
- https://www.euforgen.org/ - EUFORGEN (European Forest Genetic Resources Programme). Data on European forest genetic resources.
- https://www.opentopomap.org/ - OpenTopoMap. Open-source topographic maps used for altitudinal distribution.
- https://www.catalogueoflife.org/ - Catalogue of Life. Integrated global species checklist.
- https://www.tropicos.org/ - Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden. Nomenclatural database with access to nomenclatural types.