World Network Links

Africa

South African Botanical Diversity Network

The South African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET) is a capacity-building network of southern African herbaria and botanic gardens with the objective of developing local botanical expertise.

Asia

Asia

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Australia

Australian Network for Plant Conservation

This network brings together people interested in helping to save Australia's native plant heritage. Members include state and national conservation agencies, government agencies, botanic gardens, industry groups, bush regeneration groups, native plant growers, Friends groups, other community groups, researchers and individuals in Australia and overseas.

Europe

FloraWeb

FloraWeb is a online information source for Germany's plant species by the Federal Nature Conservation Agency (BfN). Currently the homepage is restricted to phanerogams.

NeoFlora

NeoFlora is an additional service from Flora Web and provides information about invasive species in Germany.

Plant Talk - European pages

Plant Talk provide these country pages with contacts, information and web links on plant conservation. Some pages are more complete than others.

Planta Europa

Planta Europa is a network of Non Government and Government organisations working to achieve the mission of Planta Europa. Its mission is to conserve the wild plants, both higher and lower, of Europe and their habitats.

India

Indian Medicinal Plants

The Foundation for re-vitalisation of local health traditions was founded in 1993. It is believed that the revitalization of Indian medical heritage holds two promises for India, firstly self reliance in primary health care (for millions of households) and secondly the possibility for original contributions to the world of medicine. The Foundation believes India should make use of her rich and diverse medicinal plant knowledge for her own needs as well as share with the rest of the world products and services based on her heritage.

Indonesia

Indonesian Network for Plant Conservation

The Indonesian Network or Plant Conservation ( INetPC ) was established to facilitate communication and cooperation between conservation organizations, groups, institutions and individuals and their international counterparts working on the Indonesian flora.

New Zealand

Coastal Dune Vegetation Network (CDVN)

A collaborative research network involving Forest Research and agencies and user groups that manage coastal areas (including Regional and District Councils, forestry companies, iwi and community groups).

Department of Conservation (New Zealand)

The DOC is the central government organisation charged with conserving the natural and historic heritage of New Zealand on behalf of, and for the benefit of, present and future New Zealanders. The Department manages or administers national parks and conservation parks, reserves, protected inland waters, indigenous/native wildlife, non-commercial freshwater fisheries, historic places on conservation land, marine reserves and the protection of marine mammals and offshore islands set aside for conservation

Forest Fungi of New Zealand

This site contains general information on fungi, fun things to do with them and a large collection of photographs taken over many years. Most of these are taken in the Auckland region of New Zealand. The site is not intended as an identification guide but rather to demonstrate the beauty and diversity in form and size of New Zealand fungi.

Fungal Network of NZ

The Fungal Network was set up in 2006 and the main objects of the Society are: - To share knowledge about, and to publicise the fungi of New Zealand and their roles in all ecosystems. - To stimulate research on fungi. - To educate about fungi at primary to tertiary levels. - To provide a cohesive group of amateur and professional people who share common interests in fungi. - To assist in cataloguing New Zealand's fungi and to promote their conservation. - To organise at minimum an annual national fungal foray. - To attract funding for mycological research. - To promote such other acti

Growing New Zealand Threatened Plants

General advice for gardeners wanting to grow plants on the New Zealand Threatened Plants Poster. Includes links to further resources.

New Zealand's Carnivorous Plants

This site is dedicated to New Zealand's native carnivorous plants.

Nga Tipu Whakaoranga - Maori Plant Use Database

Information on traditional uses of New Zealand native plants.

NZ Fungi - New Zealand Fungi

Landcare Research's NZFUNGI website. The site collates all records of fungi reported from New Zealand, along with accurate citation of species names, synonymy, taxonomic hierarchies, and literature references. It makes accessible all records of fungi held in the New Zealand Fungal Herbarium.

NZERN - The New Zealand Ecological Restoration Net

The New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network is a non-profit, community-driven, membership-based organisation dedicated to sharing knowledge and experieinces about ecological restoration in New Zealand.

Project Crimson

The vision of Project Crimson is "To enable pohutukawa and rata to flourish once again in their natural habitat, and to enjoy the status of icon in the hearts and minds of all New Zealanders." It seeks to inspire community organisations to undertake regeneration and protection programmes for pohutukawa and rata, to develop partnerships with community organisations and to fund possum control projects to protect our national icon.

Wellington Botanical Society

An advocate for the conservation and protection of NZ native plants. Its aims are to encourage the study of botany, particularly NZ flora, foster an interest of NZ plants especially in the field and encourage the cultivation of native plants and protect places in their natural state.

North America

California Native Plant Society

This is a statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals with a common interest in California's native plants. The Society seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve this rich resource for future generations. Members have diverse interests including natural history, botany, ecology, conservation, drawing and gardening.

Canadian Botanical Conservation Network

Website for the Canadian Botanical Conservation network.

Center for Plant Conservation

The mission of the Center for Plant Conservation is to conserve and restore the rare native plants of the United States.

North American Native Plant Society

A site dedicated to the study, conservation, cultivation and restoration of native plants. Join us in our celebration of the unique botanical heritage of North America.

Plant Conservation Alliance

The PCA is a consortium of ten federal government Member agencies and over 145 non-federal Cooperators representing various disciplines within the conservation field in the USA. Membership includes biologists, botanists, horticulturists, non-profit organizations, nature lovers and gardeners. Members work collectively to solve the problems of native plant extinction and native habitat restoration, ensuring the preservation of ecosystems.

South America

LATIN AMERICAN PLANT SCIENCES NETWORK (RLB)

The Latin American Plant Sciences Network (Red Latinoamericana de Botanica - RLB) is a consortium of six Graduate Training Centers located in Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. In these Centers, a select number of academically prestigious Latin American institutions with internationally recognised scientists collaborate to provide graduate level training (pre-Masters to Doctoral level) in a variety of areas of the plant sciences to students from other countries in the Latin American region. The Centers are also the foci for the organization of binational research proj

United Kingdom

Plantlife UK

Plantlife is the United Kingdom's only national membership charity dedicated exclusively to conserving all forms of plant life in their natural habitat. Plantlife acts directly to stop common wild plants becoming rare in the wild, to rescue wild plants on the brink of extinction, and to protect sites of exceptional botanical importance. It carries out practical conservation work, influences policy and legislation, and collaborates widely to promote wild plant conservation.

Plants

Carnivorous

New Zealand's Carnivorous Plants

All about carnivorous plants.

Fungi

Fungi of New Zealand - Landcare Research site

Research undertaken, collections, and databases maintained by the Landcare Research Mycology Group, Mt Albert Research Centre, Auckland

New Zealand Fungi

This site collates all records of New Zealand fungi, along with accurate citation of species names, synonymy, taxonomic hierarchies, and literature references.

The Hidden Forest

This site contains general information on fungi, fun things to do with them and a large collection of photographs taken over many years.

Orchids

Australian Native Orchid Society

Dedicated to the cultivation, conservation and scientific study of native orchids in the Australasian region. The many native orchid societies found throughout Australia and New Zealand are represented by regional bodies which in turn are participants of The Australasian Council of Native Orchid Societies. Subscribe to the journal The Orchadian and join one of many groups that can be found throughout Australia and New Zealand.

New Zealand Native Orchid Group

General Information about the Society The New Zealand Native Orchid Group consists of around 160 active members who engage in the observation, study and conservation of New Zealand's Native Orchids. The members are connected by their Quarterly Journal which reflects the dedicated actions and knowledge of the members. They also hold an annual field Day.

New Zealand native Orchids

Website devoted to New Zealand native orchids and where to find them and a whole lot more.

Parasites

The Parasitic Plant Connection

A repository of information on parasitic plants.

Plant Databases

Species Names

NZ Plant Names Database

The New Zealand Plant Names Database provides access to information on plant taxa that occur in New Zealand. It currently includes the names for seed plants, mosses, liverworts, lichens and freshwater algae.

UK Native Species Checklists

Provides checklists of native plants for Britain and separate lists for England and Scotland.

UK Postcode Plants Database

The Postcode Plants Database generates lists of native plants and wildlife for any specified postal district in the UK.

US Plant Names Database

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Threatened Plants

IUCN 1997 Threatened Plants List

The 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants was published as a book in 1998 by IUCN, as part of IUCN/SSC's red list programme. This searchable database provided here was developed by WCMC, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. This database makes available 35,319 records from the WCMC Threatened Plants Database of plants that are recorded as globally threatened. In addition to information published in the book, WCMC has included information on common names and synonymy.

Other Links

Conservation Organisations

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Providing technical guidance, data and support for botanic gardens in over 150 countries worldwide, including organising conferences, workshops and training courses. Provides information on all botanic gardens worldwide.

Flora locale - UK plant sourcing best practice

This website has been created by Flora locale to promote best practice in the sourcing and use of native plants for all types of large-scale projects, from the restoration of damaged nature reserves to the creation of natural woodlands and new wild plant communities on industrial waste tips and intensively farmed land. The site includes resources produced by Flora locale as well as other material compiled and reproduced with permission.

IUCN Species Survival Commission

This is a knowledge network of some 7,000 volunteer members working in almost every country of the world. Members include wildlife researchers, government officials, wildlife park managers, and experts on birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants, and invertebrates.

Plant Talk

Plant Talk is the only magazine to provide – on a world scale – information, encouragement and advice on plant conservation. Now read in over 120 countries, Plant Talk is a vital and unique source of concise, targetted information for professionals, students and all those with a serious interest in plants and the environment.

Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture

The RNZIH is this country's only National Horticultural Society. Its mission is to 'Encourage and improve horticulture in New Zealand by promoting the understanding, appreciation, conservation and use of plants'.

The Hebe Society

The Hebe Society promotes the cultivation and conservation of hebes and other New Zealand native plants.

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

This provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. The Centre's activities include assessment and early warning studies in forest, dryland, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Research on endangered species and biodiversity indicators provide policy-makers with vital knowledge on global trends in conservation and sustainable use of wildlife and their habitats.

World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF NZ

WWF-New Zealand was established as an independent national organisation in 1975. Since its establishment WWF - New Zealand has worked with researchers, scientists, other conservationists, local communities, business and government to address pressing conservation issues.

Native Plant Nurseries

New Zealand Nurseries

Advanced Perennials

Advanced Perennials is a central Waikato nursery and plant wholesaler specializing in Perennials. As can be seen when browsing our catalogue (click here for catalogue) the range of plants offered covers a wide variety of perennials and small flowering shrubs.

Ashton Glen Perennial Nursery

Ashton Glen is a nursery which grows and sells perennials, alpines, climbers and flowering shrubs that work well with cottage gardening.

Joy Nurseries Ltd

Our company has advised and carried out ecological assessment and re-vegetation of wetland and native bush areas for over 25 years in some of the harshest climates in New Zealand.

Matai Nurseries

Specialist in NZ native treess

Matawhero Nursery Ltd

Matawhero Nursery has been growing and selling plants since 1983, originating with the Wildlife Service and then owned by the Department of Conservation. Since 1995 the business has been owned and operated by Lana and Nigel Hope, focusing on growing and supplying plants direct to the public. Hence our catch phrase -" From the Grower to Gardener Direct".

Morgans Road Nursery

Based in Blenheim, Morgans Road Nursery Ltd grows and supplies a wide range of forestry/shelter species, New Zealand natives and ornamental plants to public and trade customers throughout New Zealand.

Naturally Native New Zealand Plants Ltd

Website for a major plant nursery specialising in New Zealand native plants.

Nikau Hill Barnhouse Nursery

Our country nursery is situated very centrally, near Marton, in the North Island of New Zealand. We are a family business and grow most of our own plants and shrubs. We have a background in farming and teaching.

Oratia Native Plant Nursery

This nursery's roots go back to the 1970's when Geoff Davidson began growing native plants in response to local environmental issues. Native ecosystems were being destroyed through forest clearance and development of subdivisions. Geoff saw the need to reverse the destructive trend before it was too late. Since then the nursery has grown to become a major supplier of native plants to the Auckland market and beyond.

Otaihanga Nurseries Ltd

We have a variety of quality plants for sale at Otaihanga Nurseries. Listed are plants currently available for retail sale.

Pipers New Zealand Plant and Garden Web sites

Thousands of links to New Zealand plant and garden websites.

Taupo Native Plant Nursery

The Taupo Native Plant Nursery is on the northeast edge of Taupo township and has been in existence for over 30 years. Today they produce over 1.5 million plants despatching them to destinations New Zealand wide.

Te Puia Nursery

Located on the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsula in northern New Zealand Te Puia Native Plant Nursery sells plants native only to New Zealand.

Trents Nursery

For nearly two decades Trents have been New Zealand's premier wholesaler of perennials, grasses, NZ natives, succulents, herbs, shrubs and Flower Carpet roses. Our location on the Canterbury Plains ensures that our plants flourish in most of the varied climates of New Zealand.

Legislation

Legislation Sites

CITES

CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES is an international agreement between Governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

Convention on Biological Diversity

At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed on a comprehensive strategy for "sustainable development" - meeting our needs while ensuring that we leave a healthy and viable world for future generations. A key agreement adopted at Rio was the Convention on Biological Diversity. This pact among the vast majority of the world's governments sets out commitments for maintaining the world's ecological underpinnings as we go about the business of economic development. The Convention establishes three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of

RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands

The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 136 Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 1288 wetland sites, totaling 108.9 million hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.

Botanical Societies

New Zealand Botanical Societies

Botanical Society of Otago

This society holds regular meetings, field trips, workshops and social events. If you're interested in botany, native plants and/or the natural environment and would like to meet enthusiastic, like-minded people, then this could be the society for you!

Rotorua Botanical Society

This site provides information about the activities of the Rotorua Botanical Society.

Wellington Botanical Society

An advocate for the conservation and protection of NZ native plants. Its aims are to encourage the study of botany, particularly NZ flora, foster an interest of NZ plants especially in the field and encourage the cultivation of native plants and protect places in their natural state.

North American Botanical Societies

California Native Plant Society

A statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals with a common interest in California's native plants. The Society seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve this rich resource for future generations.

North American Native Plant Society

A site dedicated to the study, conservation, cultivation and restoration of native plants. Join us in our celebration of the unique botanical heritage of North America.

Botanic Gardens

International Botanic Gardens

Australian National Botanic Gardens

Australian National Botanic Gardens has extensive information about plants. They are categorized according to garden information, information about Australia's plants, and garden links.

Botanic Gardens Conservation International

The mission of the BGCI is to build and maintain a world network of Botanic Gardens for plant conservation. Providing technical guidance, data and support for botanic gardens in over 150 countries worldwide, including organising conferences, workshops and training courses. Provides information on all botanic gardens worldwide.

Missouri Botanical Garden, USA

Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical institutions in the country and a National Historic Landmark. The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis—79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden, the Climatron® conservatory, and Garden founder Henry Shaw’s original 1850 estate home.

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland

Whether you know us as the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the National Botanic Gardens of Scotland, or simply as "The Botanics", this site is a gateway to the science, the horticulture, the education and exhibition programmes, and much much more. Their mission is to explore and explain the world of plants.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has made important contributions to increasing the understanding of the plant kingdom with many benefits for mankind. Today it is still first and foremost a scientific institution. With its collections of living and preserved plants, of plant products and of botanical information, it forms an encyclopaedia of knowledge about the plant kingdom.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia

The Royal Botanic Gardens was established in 1846, after Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe selected the site on the southern bank of the Yarra River. At the time of its foundation, the Garden site was an uninspiring mixture of rocky outcrops and swampy marshland, but it was not long before the foundations were being laid for one of the great gardens of the world.

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore and a keen naturalist, set up the first Botanic Garden on Government Hill at Fort Canning in 1822 mainly to introduce into cultivation economic crops such as nutmeg, clove and cocoa. This Garden was closed in 1829. The Gardens at its present site was founded in 1859 by an Agri-Horticultural Society, and was later handed over to the government for maintenance. From an ornamental garden with roads, terraces, a bandstand and even a small zoo, it has come a long way in evolving into a leading equatorial botanic garden of 52 hectares. Today the 139-yea

New Zealand Botanic Gardens

Auckland Regional Botanic Garden

The Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens are a haven for garden lovers and walkers alike, with over 10,000 different plant types, 65 hectares of plant collections and a network of paths that wander through the plant collections, native forest and grassy slopes.

Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens - Threatened plants

Threatened Plants Garden page of the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens.

Bason Botanic gardens, Wanganui

In 1966 the late Mr Stanley Bason offered his farm property to the Wanganui City Council for the creation of a botanical reserve. Work began on roading and damming the Mowhanau stream in 1971 and from there Wanganui's Bason Botanic Gardens has flourished.

Christchurch Botanic Garden

The botanic garden is situated in Hagley Park, Christchurch.

Dunedin Botanic Garden

Established in 1863, Dunedin Botanic Garden is the oldest in New Zealand. The Garden offers a wide range of amenities and specialised plant collections.

Dunedin Botanic garden

The Dunedin Botanic garden has over twenty five organized plant collections on display over 28 hectares.

Otari-Wilton's Bush

This is the only facility in NZ dedicated solely to the preservation and interpretation of New Zealand's native plant life. This unique plant sanctuary and forest reserve consists of 90 hectares of native forest and 5 hectares of plant collections.

Timaru Botanic gardens

Over 30 plant collections include New Zealand’s largest collection of species roses, A Shakespeare Theme Walk, trees of the world, an historic walk, two ponds, a large conservatory and a detailed education centre displaying posters, photographs and brochures as well as comprehensive hands-on displays.

Wellington Botanic gardens

This botanic garden focuses on exotic plant collections and is situated in the heart of Wellington City.