Appendix:Taxonomy reference templates
See also: Category:Taxonomic reference templates
This Appendix is intended to indicate what can be found at certain websites (or URLs) that contain taxonomic information. Sister projects are not included.
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{{R:AlgaeBase}}- detailed, comprehensive coverage of all ranks of algae and all types of algae, whatever their highest level classification, including placement, name status, subordinate taxa.{{R:AlgaeBasedesc}}- specific details, possibly useful in producing a definition.{{R:AnimalBase}}- all (or at least most) names of zoological taxa established from 1757 until the early 1790s, the beginnings of modern taxonomy{{R:APWeb}}(Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, Missouri Botanical Garden) - advanced, modern coverage of plant taxa (and clades) generally ranked above tribe.
B
{{R:Brassibase}}- modern placement of Brassicaceae genera and species into tribes (with cladograms).{{R:BugGuide}}- many arthropods, mostly non-marine
C
{{R:COL}}- Bare list of taxa, hierarchically arranged
D
{{R:Delta}}{{R:DiscoverLife}}- accessible articles on selected taxa (UNDERUSED)
E
{{R:EOL}}- very uneven effort to collect taxonomic information from many sources on taxa of all kinds; useful for some new taxa; may continue to improve.
F
{{R:Fishbase}}- wonderfully detailed information on fish species and genera, including numerous vernacular names, sometimes in many languages{{R:Fossilworks}}- a comprehensive source of information on fossils; valuable for information on extinct taxa; apparently students of extinct animals do not always find modern taxa compatible with their grouping of bones by morphology, so placement in taxonomic groups can use older taxon names.
G
{{R:GRIN}}and{{R:GRIN genus}}- Good information on plant taxa of economic importance or native to North America{{R:Gymnosperms}}- Good information on conifers.
I
{{R:ICTV History}}- definitive source on taxonomy of viruses{{R:Index Fungorum}}- comprehensive coverage of taxonomic names of fungi.{{R:ION}}- includes names not found in indexes of other databases, including disused names{{R:AnimalDiversityWeb}}- placement of many animals; good non-technical articles on some{{R:AviBase}}- birds{{R:Bryology}}- mosses and lichen{{R:HOL}}- Hymenoptera{{R:ITIS}}(Integrated Taxonomic Information System) - a good database covering all kingdoms, particularly for North America, including Mexico){{R:Ruggiero}}- a modern consensus high-level (orders and above) effort attempting to achieve some kind of standard organization of taxa (PDF available)
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{{R:LPSN}}(List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature) - Archaea, Bacteria
M
{{R:Mammals}}- Definitive work on mammals{{R:MycoBank}}- comprehensive database of fungi; good information on classification; very comprehensive list of names, many of which may be synonyms.
N
{{R:NCBI}}(National Center for Biological Information (US)) - a very useful database for adding links to other databases for most taxa.
P
{{R:TPL}}(The Plant List) - a comprehensive database of plant names, that classifies them by status (accepted, synonym, etc) and a level of confidence in the status{{R:Plants and their Names}}- Etymological information
T
{{R:TOL}}(Tree of Life) - excellent, but very incomplete, coverage of higher level taxa in article form{{R:Tropicos}}(Missouri Botanical Garden) - Excellent database of plants
U
{{R:USDA Plants}}(US Dept of Agriculture) - good information, including images and North America distribution maps, for plants of US and Canada and others of economic importance
W
{{R:Hydrozoa}}- jellies and polyps{{R:WoRMS}}(World Register of Marine Species) - excellent database on taxonomy of all kinds of marine life and many from other environments.
Z