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