Many of our expertly-curated biodiversity data resources are available online through the following links.

Our main databases

• Living Collection Public Information (Iris BG – current)
• Living Collection Catalogue (BG-BASE - legacy)
• Herbarium Catalogue
• Library Catalogue
• Archive Catalogue

Our specialist datasets

• A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR (doesn't work in Internet Explorer)
• ADIAC Diatom Image Database - images of microscopic algae
• DIADIST website - diatom and desmid identification by shape and texture
• Apiales Resource Centre - an international resource for this important plant family
• The Begonia Resource Centre - an international database for the mega-diverse genus Begonia including >50,000 specimen records
• Checklist of the woody plants in Peruvian seasonally dry forests
• Dipterocarpaceae Database - important tropical tree family
• Flora Celtica Database - a book on plants and peoples of the Celtic regions
• Genetic Flora of the British Isles - collates publications that have used genetics to study members of the British Flora
• Gazetteer of East Himalaya Plant-Collecting Localities - place names for Himalayan plants
• Multisite searches - search for specific plant information at 17 botanic gardens and other sites simultaneously
• Ratter, Dr J. (Jimmy) field collection labels.
• The Robert Wight Catalogue - botanical drawings and type specimens described by Robert Wight
• Webcyte2 - Gesneriaceae cytology database (updated April 2016)
• Sapotaceae Resource Centre
• Zingiberaceae Resource Centre - nomenclatural data for Zingiberaceae