Web Directory

» American Bamboo Society
   Descriptions of every species of bamboo sold in the United States, general information about bamboo, and links to bamboo societies around the world.
   http://www.americanbamboo.org/

» Bamboo Identification
   Tools for bamboo recognition, identification, and naming. Information on structure, classification, books, publications.
   http://www.bamboo-identification.co.uk/

» Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae)
   Project to database and link all nomenclature, types, synonymy, current taxonomy, and distribution for grasses occurring from Alaska and Greenland to Tierra del Fuego.
   http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html

» Gramineae in the Families of Flowering Plants
   Contains list of genera (without links) and some unique illustrations.
   http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/graminea.htm

» Grass Genera of the World
   Descriptions and illustrations of over 800 grass genera by L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. Includes synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, and distribution. Based on the DELTA system adopted by the In
   http://delta-intkey.com/grass/

» GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
   The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew provides a list of all the World's Grasses, with descriptions, nomenclature, type information and an interactive key.
   http://www.kew.org/data/grassbase/

» Know Your Grasses
   Descriptions and ink drawings of over 70 range grasses of Texas. The TEXNAT site is an information database on natural resource management of Texas rangelands. Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in San Angelo.
   http://texnat.tamu.edu/cmplants/B-182/main.htm

» Manual of Grasses for North America
   Information about and from a project creating a taxonomic account of all grasses that have been found growing without cultivation in the continental United States and Canada plus, many cultivated species grown in the region.
   http://herbarium.usu.edu/grassmanual/

» Poaceae
   Images of plants in the grass family growing in the wild, taken by Keir Morse, botanist and photographer.
   http://www.keiriosity.com/gallery/main.php/v/plants/Poaceae/

» Poaceae in Flowering Plant Families - University of Hawaii
   Photos and short descriptions of about 20 grasses important in Hawaii.
   http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/po.htm

» Stipeae
   Limited taxonomic information about this tribe of grasses, which includes Achnatherum, Aciachne, Anemanthele, Austrostipa, Jarava, Macrochloa, Nassella, Nicoraella, Oryzopsis, Piptochaetium, Ptilagrostis, Stipa, and Trikeraia.
   http://herbarium.usu.edu/stipeae/

» Texas Grasses
   Taxonomy, key and descriptions of genera, checklist, anatomy, and glossary.
   http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/taes/tracy/610/

» Virtual Flora: Poaceae (Grasses)
   Photo gallery and descriptions (in Swedish) of Scandinavian grasses. Database (Sök i Riksmuseets samlingar) can be searched by those unfamiliar with Swedish. Grasses are given common names in English, German, and up to four Scandinavian lanuguages, the i
   http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/mono/poa/welcome.html

» World Grasses Database - Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
   Downloadable (20 MB) morphological descriptions of some 9000 species coded in DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy) format using approximately 1000 characters. Uses INTKEY software available elsewhere, a program for interactive identification and info
   http://www.kew.org/herbarium/gramineae/wrldgr.htm