The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants.
[ It covers all names, whether current names, synonyms or invalid names. It includes bibliographic and typification details, information from the Australian Plant Census including distribution by state, links to other resources such as specimen collection maps and plant photographs, and the facility for notes and comments on other aspects.
]
History
Originally the brainchild of Nancy Tyson Burbidge, it began as a four-volume printed work consisting of 3,055 pages, and containing over 60,000 plant names. Compiled by Arthur Chapman, it was part of the Australian Biological Resources Study
Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) is a project undertaken by Parks Australia Division of Australia's Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA).
Background
ABRS was founded in 1973 from the recommendations ...
(ABRS). In 1991 it was made available as an online database, and handed over to the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Two years later, responsibility for its maintenance was given to the newly formed Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research.
Scope
Recognised by Australian herbaria as the authoritative source for Australian plant nomenclature, it is the core component of Australia's Virtual Herbarium, a collaborative project with A$10 million funding, aimed at providing integrated online access to the data and specimen collections of Australia's major herbaria
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...
.
Two query interfaces are offered:
* Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), a full query interface that delivers full results, with no automatic interpretation, and
* What's Its Name (WIN),
See also
* Atlas of Living Australia
* Botanical nomenclature
* Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria
* Index Kewensis
* International Plant Names Index
References
Other sources
*
*
*
External links
Official Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) website
— ''full detail search.''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Plant Name Index
Online botany databases
Online taxonomy databases
Botany in Australia
Flora of Australia
Databases in Australia