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Scirus	Comprehensive scientific research tool. More than 450 million items.
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages	10,500 plant names in more than 60 different languages, origins, constituents, etymology, images, uses
GRIN	USDA. Scientific and common names, synonyms
ITIS	Interagency Taxonomic Information system. Diverse US Government agencies partnership. Standardized nomenclature, taxonomic data, hierarchical classification. Hyperlinks to diverse off-site resources
University of Washington	Hyperlinks to Medline, USDA Plants Database, and Plants for a Future Database
USDA Plants Database	Searchable via multiple access points
Southwest School of Botanical Medicine	Known chemical constituents for over 250 medicinal plants
Materia Medica Vegetabilis Vol.I	Uses in English, Dutch, German, French
Materia Medica Vegetabilis Vol.II	Uses in English, Dutch, German, French
Materia Medica Vegetabilis Vol.III	Index, Latin and English names
Traditional Medicines Database (South Africa)	Common names, scientific names, uses, pharmacology, chemical constituents
Cacti Guide	Common and Latin names, photographs
University of Melbourne	Multilingual (21 languages) plant name database with links to sites in various languages
Ayurveda Marketplace	Pharmacopeia, glossary, encyclopedia, Indian herbs, therapies
Liber Herbarum	Cross-referenced herbal medicine database based fully on printed sources, inspired by the first known Danish medicine book “Liber Harbarum” written by Henrik Harpestgreng in the 13th century.
Dasherb	Latin, English, PinYin and Chinese names, descriptions, uses
Eastern Chinese Medicine Export Company	Latin, English and PinYin names, searchable by medical use or symptoms
iChinese Herbs	Latin, common and PinYin names
Western United States Flora Checklists	Latin names and common names
Herbal Medicine Materia Medica	Herbal Medicine Materia Medica. Descriptions, constituents, cited references
Find Wild Flowers	Identification of British flora
Northern Ontario Plant Database	Records for some 55,000 herbarium specimens from northern Ontario educational and government institutions.
Malta Wild Plants	Detailed records for wild flowering plants of Malta
Report on the Indigenous Medical Botany of Massachusetts	Medicinal uses (published mid 1800’s)
Navajo Indian Medical Ethnobotany	Genera, uses, bibliography. Botanical indices on pages 20-32 (published 1941)
Glossary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Terms	University of Maryland School of Medicine
An Herbal / Medical Dictionary	Glossary of terms used in herbalism, medicine and physiology

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