Type Specimens of Plants (National Taiwan University)

The original specimen that acts as evidence in the discovery of a new species is known as the type specimen, and should be preserved permanently. The image, label, and collection of information about the specimen, as well as the original text and pic...
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General Specimens of Plants (National Taiwan University)

Established in 1929, the Herbarium of the Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the National Taiwan University (NTU) is now over seventy years old, with a collection of over 260,000 specimens. Among its collection, specimens of Taiwan’s ...
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Moss (National Museum of Natural Science)

Moss, to the average person, is a common yet alien group of plants. Compared with flowering seed plants and non-flowering ferns, the composition of bryophytes is relatively primitive and simple, without vascular transmission tissues. Transmitting fun...
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Fungi (National Museum of Natural Science)

Fungi are the second largest biological group after insects. Not only is there a large number of fungi types, their distribution is very widespread on the planet, and can be found in the air, on land, below the ground, in water, and on or inside othe...
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Fungus type specimens (National Museum of Natural Science)

There are over 15,000 fungus specimens in the collection of the Museum of Natural Science, making it the largest collection of fungus specimens in Taiwan. The Museum houses 70 type specimens of fungi, and has also included data of type specimens in o...
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Lichens (National Museum of Natural Science)

Life exists everywhere, in all corners of nature. Even on the rocks or branches of the cold mountain plains, yellow, gray, white, brown or orange patches, and hanging or crawling stem-like and leaf-like forms can be seen. These are all complicated li...
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Diatoms (National Museum of Natural Science)

Digitized specimens and the introduction of diatom knowledge are both included here. Two main focuses are provided in the introduction: (1) the summary of diatom habitats and of frustule forms; (2) frustule types. Our specimens can be divided into tw...
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Literatures of Native Plants in Taiwan (Academia Sinica)

Literature Database of Native Plants in Taiwan consists mainly of the classified literature on Taiwan vascular plants. The intent is to build a classified catalogue and data system of native Taiwan plants and to present data of different periods and ...
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Specimens of Native Plants in Taiwan (Academia Sinica)

There are over 115,000 specimen items in the Herbarium of Academia Sinica, among which approximately 85,000 were gathered locally in Taiwan. The intent is to build a Chinese-English bilingual search system of native Taiwan plant specimens that compri...
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Images of Native Plants in Taiwan (Academia Sinica)

The image database of native plants in Taiwan consists mainly of the wildlife photos of Taiwan vascular plants. Preserving valuable image files, the database documents the precious natural resources of Taiwan, and provides a great basis for expert ac...
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