Research Guides @ Fordham: Biological Sciences: Botany

Botany Reference Books

Plant Form by Adrian D. Bell; Alan Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QK641 .B39 2008
Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2008
Plant Systematics by Michael G. Simpson
[Online Resource]
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2006
Anatomy of Flowering Plants by Paula J. Rudall
[Online Resource]
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
Reaching for the Sun by John King
[Online Resource]
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Botany Guides and Encyclopedias

Plant Names by Roger Spencer; Rob Cross
[Online Resource]
Clayton, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2020
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants by Christian Rätsch; Albert Hofmann (Foreword by)
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] QK99.A1 R2813 2005
Rochester, Vt. : Park Street Press, 2005
A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region by Margaret B. Gargiullo
[Online Resource]
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books, 2007
Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] QK7 .C47 2017
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2017

Popular Books on Botany

The Triumph of the Fungi by Nicholas P. Money
Call Number: [RH Stacks] SB733 .M59 2007
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007
Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly by John Cardina
[Online Resource]
Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2021
The Tanoak Tree by Frederica Bowcutt
[Online Resource]
Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2015

Botany Societies and Local Gardens

6BC
A small community garden located in Manhattan's East Village, this garden is open to the public.
American Horticultural Society
A non-profit national gardening association focused on raising awareness about gardening practices and the art of horticulture.
The Botanical Society of America
A group supporting breadth and diversity of botanical research and education.
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
An urban botanic garden located near Prospect Park, this garden was founded more than a century ago. It represents the best in urban gardening and horticultural displays. Free with a NYC Culture Pass.
International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)
IAPT is a non-profit organisation founded in 1950 to promote, support and facilitate taxonomic, systematic and nomenclatural research into algae, fungi and plants.
New York Botanical Garden
A National Historic Landmark located in the Bronx (right next to Fordham!), encompassing 50 specialty gardens and housing over one million plants. Fordham students and faculty receive one free Grounds-Only pass per visit.
Queens Botanical Garden
Located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, this is a community driven park with missions of sustainability and environmental stewardship. Free admission November through March.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
Located in Snug Harbor, Staten Island, the Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens has performing and visual arts programs, a working farm, and multiple garden collections. The Main Campus is free to visit; tickets can be purchased for select other attractions.

Selected Botany Journals

Journal of Experimental Botany
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1950 - 6 years ago
Annals of Botany
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1887 - Present
American Journal of Botany
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1914 - Present
Environmental and Experimental Botany
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1995 - 2014
Botany
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1998 - Present

Online Botany Collections, Libraries, and Databases

Botanical Society of American Plant Image Collection
The digitized slide collection of the BSA, this online collection is organized into searchable categories.
CalPhotos: Plants
Over 372,300 images of plants from the University of California at Berkeley.
Flora of North America (FNA)
A comprehensive database containing names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized in North America (north of Mexico).

National Agricultural Library SEARCH This link opens in a new window
SEARCH is the USDA National Agricultural Library's main search tool. It provides simple, one-stop access to more than 8 million records covering all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines.

New York Metropolitan Flora Project
The NYMF is a multi-year effort from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to document the flora in all counties with a 50-mile radius of New York City.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Botany Collections
Over 4.2 million specimen records (including over 115,000 type specimens with images) are currently available in this online catalog.
USDA National Agricultural Library Digital Collections
The digital collections of the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library.
USDA National Conservation Service PLANTS Database
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Library of Congress Call Numbers - Botany

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Botany topics:

QK1-989 - Botany

QK1-474.5 - General
- QK91-97 - Classification
- QK101-474 - Geographical Distribution, Phytogeography
QK474-495 - Spermatophyta, Phanerogams
QK474-493 - Trees and Shrubs
QK494-494.5 - Gynosperms
QK495 - Angiosperms
QK504-638 - Crytogams
QK509-519.5 - Local
QK520-532 - Pteridophyta (Ferns, etc.)
QK532.4-563.7 - Bryophyta, Bryology
QK564-580.5 - Algae, Algology
QK580.7-597.5 - Lichens
QK600-638 - Fungi
QK640-707 - Plant Anatomy
QK710-899 - Plant Physiology
- QK746-791 - Chemical Agents Affecting Plants
- QK861-899 - Phytochemistry
QK900-989 - Plant Ecology
- QK930-938 - Physiographic Regions
- QK980-989 - Evolution of Plants (General)

SB1-1110 - Plant Culture

Biological Sciences: Botany

Botany Reference Books

Botany Guides and Encyclopedias

Popular Books on Botany

Botany Societies and Local Gardens

Selected Botany Journals

Online Botany Collections, Libraries, and Databases

Library of Congress Call Numbers - Botany

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