ANTHOS is a program that was developed
in accordance with a specific agreement between the Fundación Biodiversidad(Biodiversity Foundation)
(Ministry of the Environment) and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish
National Research Council) - Real Jardín Botánico (Royal Botanic Garden) (Ministry
of Education & Science) in order to show assorted information about the
plant life of Spain on the Internet. Web Links: ANTHOS
This four year project
which began in September 2009 comprises 20 European natural history museums,
Universities and botanic gardens. It aims to create an integrated European
infrastructure for researchers in the natural sciences. Web Link: SYNTHESYS
This web page was born out of the VH of the Balearic Islands. It collects information
and a wide gallery of images of the vascular plants in the Western Mediterranean
basin. This project is led by the Botanical Area of the University of the
Balearic Islands (UIB). At present the Universities of Barcelona and Valencia
are also participating. It has been structured in index entries or individual
web pages for each vegetable species considered. The most important aim of each
entry are the images of the plants; however, a brief information in the form of
a text is also included together with the scientific names of the plants both in
Catalan and Spanish. The main image has been obtained by scanning a fresh
specimen. Web Link: Mediterranean Virtual Herbarium |
This
publication, unfinished yet but also avaliable on line, is the biggest floristic
compendium of the Iberian flora, including the Balearic Islands. You may search
at the left side of the main page for the "flora iberica" column, and then
select on of the options "clave general" (General taxonomic key), "Familas"
(botanical famnilies), or "Géneros" (botanical genera) for downloading the pfds
with the monographs. You can also search by the common Spanish name of the plant
at "nombres vernáculos". Unfortunately, it is only in Spanish.
The Royal Botanic Garden, on
account of its rich and lengthy history, has a magnificent collection of
antequarian botanical books. Apart from the intrinsic value of this historic and
scientific heritage, the collection is constantly consulted by researchers
investigating the organization and distribution of organisms, or the
relationship between scientific names and the organisms they are applied
to. Web Link: Digital Library
Web Link: Orquideas Ibericas (in spanish) |
European Ethnomedicine Resources |