PLANT INFORMATION
SAN DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL LIBRARY

• San Diego Zoo Global Plants
• Botanical Organizations

ONLINE INFORMATION RESOURCES

• Aquatic / Wetland Plants and Invasive Species -- University of Florida.
• Global Strategy for Plant Conservation -- Policy document published by Convention on Biological Diversity. 2010.
  
• Southwest Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse -- SWEPIC provides information on the distribution and ecology of native and exotic weeds in the southwest. Cooperative effort between USGS, NPS, and Northern Arizona University.

SPECIALIZED PLANT DATABASES

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species -- List of plants on the IUCN Redlist. To access the entire list (plants and animals), visit the Red List hompage.
• PLANTS Database -- Information about plants in the United States and US territories. Maintained by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Royal Botanic Garden's Multisite Search Engine -- Searches the living collections of 28 conservation databases from botanic gardens and arboretums around the world.
• Seed Dormancy & Generation Bibliography -- Database of 12,000 publications related to seed dormancy and germination covering the period between 1890 and 1998. Maintained by Prof. G.M. Simpson from the University of Saskatchewan.
• Threatened Plants Database -- Contains information on over 136,000 plant taxa based on 19,000 data sources. From UNEP-WCMC.

PLANT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International -- International organization focused on world-wide conservation of threatened plants. Botanic gardens make up the majority of membership.
  
• Center for Plant Conservation -- Organization "dedicated solely to preventing the extinction of U.S. native plants." National headquarters located at Missouri Botanic Garden.
• Centre for Plant Research -- Website of the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research, which is dedicated to the conservation of plant life worldwide through scientific research, education efforts, and maintaining plant biodiversity.
  
• Global Trees Campaign -- A joint initiative between Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the Global Trees Campaign is the only international campaign dedicated to saving threatened trees. 
• International Seed Saving Institute (ISSI) -- Non-profit focused on maintaining agricultural diversity through seed saving.
  
• Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk -- Listings and descriptions of plan species that threaten ecosystems of the Pacific islands. Site maintained by USFWS's Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
  
• Plant Conservation Alliance -- Website of the PCA, an organization dedicated to solving the problems of native plant extinction and native habitat restoration. Site maintained by Bureau of Land Management.