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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
04 Nov 1999
Multilingual Multiscript Plant
Name Database
Institute of Land & Food Resources, University of Melbourne, Australia
Supplied note:
"It contains a lot of Asian vocabulary found nowhere else and more
importantly each specific name is associated with matching names in
many other languages (including botanical Latin) and whenever possible
with corresponding photos / description (in different languages). It
is all on line, all free access and no special software is required to
read foreign scripts."
Site contents:
Lists of names (multilingual, multiscripted, in alphabetical order of
genera, with links to sites in various languages); Indexes of plant
names (in various languages, linked to multilingual lists of names);
General notes on plant names (in English); Bamboos (in various
languages); Fodder crops, weeds (in various languages); Fruits (in
various languages); Fungi (in various languages); Grains (in various
languages); Herbs / Medicinal plants (in various languages); Legumes
(in various languages); Vegetables (in various languages); Other
useful plants (in various languages) [not yet activated];
Bibliography; On-line references and resources.
[Botanical names in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai,
Vietnamese - ed.]
URL http://gmr.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/Plantnames/
Link suggested by: Michel H Porcher (m.porcher@landfood.unimelb.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
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