
Literature
- Taxonomic literature and search for names in papers: Biodiversity Library
Zoology
- for names of locus and crickets (Orthoptera): Orthoptera Species File online (OSF) for names of beetles (Coleoptera): Coleoptera databases and catalogs
- for names of fish: FishBase
- for names of reptiles: Synopsis of the recent Reptilia
- selected databases for groups of plants and animals: Species 2000
- Standard abbreviations (Accronyms) for insect and spider collections of the world: Insect and Spider Collections of the World Web Site
- new and changed names in Entology: New Entomological Taxa
Both botany and zoology
- for threatened species: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- for standarised fieldnames: Taxonomic Databases Working Group and additions on the Berlin website
- The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
- taxa protected by CITES: Appendices 1, II & III
- CITES registered institutes: Register
DNA
- NHN protocol for the use of herbarium material and DNA samples for DNA analyses sequenses: taxon entry of genbank
- blast searches on sequenties: BLAST
- analyses programms for molecular data: EMBOSS
Geografie:
- finding places, etc.: NIMA
- botanic collection sites on Madagascar: Gazetteer to Malagasy Botanical Collecting Localities
- maps available in Wageningen (geodesk): Geo Key Select
- adminstrative divisions: Country data index
maps showing major en minor areas: - Tanzania: Tanzania administrative units and Tanzania adminstrative Divisions (map)
- Afriterra Maps
Translate:
- translations between several languages: SYSTRAN
- translate botanic terms English to French and visa versa. Glossary of botanical terms in French and English
- Google translate
Phylogeny websites
Nomenclatuur
- International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
- International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature