The images are of plants growing in the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, and of herbaria specimens. Species lists and thumbnail images are provided initially. Once images are enlarged, information on the plant species and details of the individual specimen are included. This site also covers the Australian National Herbarium, which houses a collection of 1.3 million plant specimens. Its main function is to document the biological diversity of the Australian environment.
Full access is restricted to staff but a selection of views have been created for public display.
These include the Australian Plant Name Index, a catalogue of Australian mosses, the National Plant Photographic Index, botanical glossaries, and a summary of living collections. This site gives information about the Flora of Australia, a series in 59 print volumes, which, when complete, will describe the flowering plants, pines, ferns, mosses, liverworts and lichens of Australia to species level. The site provides information on the progress of the print publication, the families that are or will be covered in each volume and which ones have been published to date, as well as details of scope and presentation. A glossary for the developing series, Algae of Australia, will be added when available. This is a large Web site, containing extensive educational material concerning Australian plants.