''FloraNT'' is a public access web-based database of the Flora of the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
of Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on some 4300 native taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status, nomenclatural details together with names used by various aboriginal groups. Alien taxa (over 470 species)
[Flora NT: Introduced species]
Retrieved 20 November 2018 are also recorded. Users can access fact sheets on species and some details of the specimens held in the Northern Territory Herbarium,
[ (herbaria codes, NT, DNA)][ together with keys, and some regional factsheets.
In the distribution guides FloraNT uses the ]IBRA
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeography, biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities ( ...
version 5.1 botanical regions.
The conservation act for NT flora (and fauna) is th
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976
or TWPCA, and it uses the IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status ...
criteria and categories.
Herbaria
The Northern Territory Department of Environment and Natural Resources is responsible for the Northern Territory Herbarium which has two sites and two index herbariorum codes,Alice Springs
Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...
.
See also
For other online flora databases see List of electronic Floras
This list of electronic Floras is arranged by country within continent. An electronic flora (publication), Flora is an online resource which provides descriptions of the associated plants, often also providing identification keys, or partial iden ...
.
References
External links
{{Wikidata property, P5953
Official NTFlora website
— ''homepage + search''.
NT Flora: Threatened SpeciesWeeds of the Northern Territory
Online botany databases
Botany in the Northern Territory
Databases in Australia
Herbaria in Australia