Africa
African Plant Database - Database comprising names of African plants with their nomenclatural status developed in collaboration between the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Tela Botanica and the Missouri Botanical Garden.
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/index.php?langue=an
Africa
PROTA - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa
http://www.prota.org/
Australia
Australian Government - Australian Biological Resources Study - Australian Faunal Directory
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/home
Australia
Australian Government - Fisheries Research & Development Corporation - Australian Standard Fish Names
http://www.fishnames.com.au/
Australia
Australian Government - Fisheries Research & Development Corporation - Seafood Fact Sheets
http://www.frdc.com.au/species.php
Australia
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) - Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
http://www.anbg.gov.au/apni/index.html
Australia
Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Australia
PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm
Biodiversity
BeRMS - Belgian Register of Marine Species
http://www.marinespecies.org/berms
Biodiversity
CaRMS - Canadian Register of Marine Species
http://www.marinespecies.org/carms
Biodiversity
ECOPORT - Biodiversity database
http://www.ecoport.org/
Biodiversity
ERMS - European Register of Marine Species
http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php
Biodiversity
European Environment Agency - EUNIS Biodiversity Database
http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/index.jsp
Biodiversity
FAO - Biodiversity
http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/en/
Biodiversity
FAO - Nutrition and Biodiversity
http://www.fao.org/infoods/infoods/food-biodiversity/en/
Biodiversity
Global Crop Diversity Trust
http://www.croptrust.org/main/
Biodiversity
International Biodiversity Database
http://www.ecoport.org
Biodiversity
Marbef - Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence.
http://www.marbef.org/
Biodiversity
MASDEA - Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa
http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/masdea/
Biodiversity
NARMS - North Atlantic Register for Marine Species
http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms
Biodiversity
RAMS - Register of Antarctic Marine Species
http://www.scarmarbin.be/scarramsabout.php
Biodiversity
SCAR-MarBIN - SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network
http://www.scarmarbin.be/
Canada
CaRMS - The Canadian Register of Marine Species
http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/
Denmark
Hans Arne Jensen et al. - Anbefalede Plantenavne - Recommended Scientific and Danish Plant Names
http://bibliotek.science.ku.dk/dokumenter/Anbefalede_plantenavne.pdf
Encyclopedia of Life
EOL - Encyclopedia of Life - Project on an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth
http://www.eol.org/home.html
EU-Nomen
PESI (2011). Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure.
http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/
Eurocode
Eurocode Food Classification System
http://www.danfood.info/eurocode/
European Commission
Common catalogues of varieties of agricultural agricultural plant and vegetable species
http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/propagation/catalogues/index_en.htm
European Commission - Taxation and Customs Union
The Combined Nomenclature
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/tariff_aspects/combined_nomenclature/index_en.htm
European Environment Agency
EUNIS Biodiversity Database
http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/index.jsp
European Food Safety Authority
Report on the development of a Food Classification and Description System for exposure assessment and guidance on its implementation and use
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2489.htm
European Food Safety Authority
The food classification and description system FoodEx 2 (draft-revision 1)
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/datex/datexfoodclass.htm
Eurostat
RAMON - Eurostat's metadata server
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_PUB_WELC
Eurostat
RAMON - Eurostat's metadata server - Classifications.
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?TargetUrl=LST_NOM&StrGroupCode=CLASSIFIC&StrLanguageCode=EN
Eurostat
RAMON - Eurostat's metadata server - Index of correspondance tables.
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/relations/index.cfm?TargetUrl=LST_REL
Facts about Fish
Fakta om Fisk Facts about fish (in Nordic languages)
http://www.norden.org/faktaof/index.html
FAO
AGROVOC - a controlled vocabulary covering all areas of interest to FAO, including food, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, environment etc.
http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/about
FAO
FAO AFSIS ISSCAAP List of Species for Fishery Statistics Purposes
http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Fisheries and Aquaculture Fact Sheets.
http://www.fao.org/fishery/factsheets/en
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 1: Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac477e/ac477e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 2: Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac478e/ac478e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 3: Cephalopods of the world. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac479e/ac479e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 4: Sharks of the world. Part 1. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ad122e/ad122e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 4: Sharks of the world. Part 2. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ad122e/ad122e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 5: Billfishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marlins, sailfishes, spearfishes and swordfishes known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac480e/ac480e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 6: Snappers of the world. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac481e/ac481e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 7: Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae & Pristigasteridae
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/ac482e/ac482e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 7: Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies, and wolf-herrings. Part 2. Engraulididae
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0835e/t0835e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 8: Fusilier fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of Caesionid species known to date
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0046e/t0046e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 9: Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (Family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0242e/t0242e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 10: Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0243e/t0243e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 11: Sea turtles of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of sea turtle species known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0244e/t0244e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 12: Nemipterid fishes of the world (threadfin breams, whiptail breams, monocle breams, dwarf monocle breams and coral breams), family Nemipteridae. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of nemipterid species known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0416e/t0416e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 13: Marine Lobsters of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of marine lobsters known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0411e/t0411e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 14: Sillaginid fishes of the world (Family Sillaginidae). An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Sillago, Smelt or Indo-Pacific Whiting Species Known to Date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0538e/t0538e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 15: Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0539e/t0539e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 16: Groupers of the world (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0540e/t0540e00.pdf
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 17: Pearl perches of the world. (Family Glaucosomatidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the pearl perches known to date. Rome, FAO. 1997.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/w5263e/w5263e00.htm
FAO Fisheries Synopses - Species Catalogue
Volume 18: Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. Rome, FAO. 1999.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/x3930e/x3930e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
C. Sommer, W. Schneider, J.-M. Poutiers: The Living Marine Resources of Somalia. Rome, FAO. 1996.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/v8730e/v8730e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
F. Serena: Field identification guide to the sharks and rays of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Rome, FAO. 2005.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/y5945e/y5945e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
Field Guide to the Commercial Marine and Brackish-water Resources of the Northern Coast of South America. Rome, FAO. 1993.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/t0544e/t0544e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Tanzania. Rome, FAO. 1992.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/t0605e/t0605e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. Rome, FAO. 1996.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/v8731e/v8731e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
G. Bianchi, K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer, and H.J. Boyer: The Living Marine Resources of Namibia. Rome, FAO. 1999.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/x3478e/x3478e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
G. Bianchi: Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish water species of Pakistan. Rome, FAO. 1985.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/r7066e/r7066e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
G. Bianchi: Field guide to the Commercial Marine and Brackish-water Species of Tanzania. Rome, FAO. 1985.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/r6722e/r6722e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
G.H.P. De Bruin; B.C. Russell and A. Bogusch: The Marine Fishery Resources of Sri Lanka. Rome, FAO. 1994.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0726e/t0726e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
Guide des ressources halieutiques de l'Atlantique marocain (espèces marine et d'eaux saumâtres). Rome, FAO. 1984.
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood, and M.A. Webber: Marine Mammals of the world. Rome, FAO. 1993.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/t0725e/t0725e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
K.E. Carpenter, and V.H. Niem: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Rome, FAO. 1991.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/w7191e/w7191e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
K.E. Carpenter, F. Krupp, D.A. Jones, U. Zajonz: Living Marine Resources Of Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Rome, FAO. 1997.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/v8729e/v8729e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
K.E. Carpenter: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Rome, FAO. 2002.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/y4160e/y4160e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
M. Bellemans, A. Sagna, W. Fischer, and N. Scialabba: Guide des ressources halieutiques du Sénégal et de la Gambie ( Espèces marines et d'eaux saumâtres). Rome, FAO. 1988.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/t0047f/t0047f00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
M.-L. Bauchot et G. Bianchi: Guide des poissons commerciaux de Madagascar (espéces marines et d'eaux saumâtres). Rome, FAO. 1984.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/q5660f/q5660f00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
R. Bonfil and M. Abdallah: Sharks and rays of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Rome, FAO. 2004.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a1502e/a1502e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
W. Fischer, G. Bianchi, and W.B. Scott: Eastern Central Pacific, Fishing Area 34 and Part of 47: Rome, FAO. 1981.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ag419e/ag419e00.htm
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
W. Schneider: Field Guide to the Commercial Marine Resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Rome, FAO. 1990.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/t0438e/t0438e00.htm
FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT Commodity List
http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-standards/commodity/en/
Faroese Fisheries Laboratories
Faroese Fisheries Laboratory Fish List (Full List)
http://www.frs.fo/fish.asp?LangId=0
Faroese Fisheries Laboratories
Faroese Fisheries Laboratory Fish List (Search)
http://www.frs.fo/get.asp?gid=f2CBD6F75-9A5A-4AB0-BBAC-5644E3F3F593
FISHBASE
FISHBASE - a global information system on fishes
http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm
Germany
German initiative on Classifications and Standards for Data Management in Food and Feed Control - Report of the workshop
http://www.langual.org/Download/BVL%20Workshop%202007/Report_EU-Workshop_10%20-11%2005%2007.doc-243.pdf
Germany
IPK Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/
Global Species Databases
AlgaeBase - a database of information on algae
http://www.algaebase.org/
Global Species Databases
Index Fungorum - the global fungal nomenclator (CABI, CBS, Landcare Research-NZ)
http://www.indexfungorum.org/
Global Species Databases
Index of Fungi (CABI)
http://www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=1016&pid=514
Global Species Databases
Species Fungorum (CABI)
http://www.speciesfungorum.org/
Global Species Databases
The Plant List - a working list of all known plant species.
http://www.theplantlist.org/
Global Species Databases
World Register of Marine Species.
http://www.marinespecies.org/
Iceland
Marine Research Institute - Marine Animal Dictionary
http://www.hafro.is/undir_eng.php?ID=22&REF=3
INFOODS
INFOODS links to food nomenclature and terminology
http://www.fao.org/infoods/nomenclature_en.stm
International
ECOPORT - Biodiversity database
http://www.ecoport.org/
International
ICNP - International code of nomenclature for cultivated plants
International
Internet Directory for Botany
http://www.botany.net/IDB
International
Kirk et al. - Dictionary of the Fungi
http://bookshop.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=191&page=2633&pid=2112
International
PROTA - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa
http://www.prota.org/
International
Tropical forages
http://www.tropicalforages.info/
International
UPOV - International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
http://www.upov.int/index_en.html
International
ZooBank - The Prototype Online Registry for Zoological Nomenclature
http://www.zoobank.org/
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature - (ICZN)
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature - Homepage
http://www.iczn.org/
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
ISTA Publication Catalogue
http://www.seedtest.org/en/productrubric.html
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
ISTA Stabilized Plant Name List
http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/istaintrod.html
LanguaL™
LanguaL™ - an international framework for food description
http://www.langual.org/
Mammal Species of the World
Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).
http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/
Mediterranean Region
The MEDUSA Network - identification of native and naturalized plants of the Mediterranean Region
http://medusa.maich.gr/index.html
New Zealand
New Zealand Food Safety Authority - Approved Fish Names
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/approved-fish-names/index.htm
New Zealand
New Zealand Food Safety Authority - Specification of Scientific Names of Fish (NZ List of Scientific Names of Fish)
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/specification-scientific-names-human-consumption/index.htm
Norway
fisheries.no - Norway’s official site for information about seafood safety, fisheries and aquaculture management.
http://www.fisheries.no/
Norway
Ministry of Agriculture and Food - the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/lmd/campain/svalbard-global-seed-vault.html?id=462220
Norway
Species Nomenclature Database - Artsnavnedatabase
http://www2.artsdatabanken.no/artsnavn/Contentpages/Hjem.aspx
Norway
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
http://www.nordgen.org/sgsv/index.php?page=welcome&PHPSESSID=5306qjnud3plr9lihhoqr7h6c3
Norwegian Seafood Export Council
Seafood Facts - Species Guide
http://efs.demostore.no/stores/efs/textfiles/Faktaomfisk2011_eng_lowres.pdf
Online Floras
Danmarks flora
http://www.danmarksflora.dk/0101.php
Online Floras
eFloras.org
http://www.efloras.org/index.aspx
Online Floras
Flora Danica - Royal Danish Library
http://www.kb.dk/en/tema/floradanica/index.html
Online Floras
Flora Europaea
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/FE/fe.html
Online Floras
Flora of Northern Ireland
http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/
Online Floras
Flora of Southern Africa by Michael L. Charters
http://www.calflora.net/southafrica/index.html
Online Floras
Flora of Zimbabwe
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/index.php
Online Floras
PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm
Project Runeberg - Nordic Literature on the Internet
Bilder ur Nordens Flora (Pictures from Nordic Flora)
http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/nordflor
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (USA)
Species of the World (MSW3, see also above)
http://www.vertebrates.si.edu/msw/mswcfapp/msw/index.cfm
Tropicos
Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar
http://www.tropicos.org/Project/MADA
Tropicos®
Missouri Bitanical Garden's nomenclatural, bibliographic, and specimen data accumulated in MBG’s electronic databases during the past 25 years..
http://www.tropicos.org/Home.aspx
United Nations Statistics Division
Central Product Classification (CPC) Ver.2
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/cpc-2.asp
USA
Botanical Society of America
http://www.botany.org
USA
Crescent Bloom - The Compleat Botanica
http://www.crescentbloom.com/default.htm
USA
FDA - The 2010 FDA Seafood Complete List
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/SEARCH_SEAFOOD/index.cfm?other=complete
USA
FDA - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
USA
FDA - Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (fish images)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0.html
USA
Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum)
http://rathbun.si.edu/botany/ing
USA
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
http://www.itis.gov/
USA
NIH NCBI Taxonomy Resources/taxonomy Browser
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/index.cgi?chapter=resources
USA
The Wood Explorer
http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/
USA
USDA ARS - Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN taxonomy)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl
USA
USDA ARS - National Genetic Resources Program
http://www.ars-grin.gov
USA
USDA ARS - National Plant Germplasm System (related links)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/ngo.html
USA
USDA ARS - Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory
http://nt.ars-grin.gov
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia - The free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikispecies - The free species directory
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
World Customs Organization (WCO)
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System - Nomenclature 2007 Edition
http://www.wcoomd.org/home_hsoverviewboxes_tools_and_instruments_hsnomenclaturetable2007.htm
World Customs Organization (WCO)
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System - Nomenclature 2012 Edition
http://www.wcoomd.org/home_hsnomenclaturetable2012.htm
WoRMS
World Register of Marine Species
http://www.marinespecies.org/
ZipCodeZoo
ZipCodeZoo - Field Guide to plants and animals of the world
http://zipcodezoo.com/default.asp