In search of plant databases

[nicollas]

Hi,

i would like to cross several plant databases to create some knowledge to start somebreeding projects,

do you know any databases/sites (preferable downloable, but thats would be too good) that displays this kind of data :

* Scientific name
* Hardiness USDA/range
* Annual/biennal/perennial status
* on a worldwide scale preferably

I know that PFAF (http://pfaf.org) has this kind of information, but i would like to "hybridize" PFAF database with another one to generate potential wide crosses between annual edibles and perennial relatives for a given USDA zone. It is not easy to find a database that as the info on perenniality.

thanks to all

[trixtrax]

You probably have seen this already, but plants.usda.gov/java/

[trixtrax]

It would be hard to scrap data efficiently from wikipedia or wikispecies species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

[trixtrax]

AGP II is useful when looking at higher taxonomic ordering: www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/

[nicollas]

thanks trixtrax for your links,

i finally get something from the USDA plant database, by saving results of queries with different lifespan (perennial, etc). This is a start but it is only for US species. I need to expand it worlwide to not miss a lot of plants.

I also need a database/tree of the orders to link relatives that are not of the same specy

[trixtrax]

USDA plant database includes many plants from all over the world

[darrenabbey]

I really like the idea of a database containing species pairs that are known to be hybridizable.