Australian online fauna & flora databases

Australian online fauna & flora databases: Both the Commonwealth of Australia and its various states maintain a number of online databases which encompass both native and naturalised fauna and flora. Some are taxonomic. Some are descriptive. Some indicate threatened or nuisance species.

Australian databases

ABRS (Australian Biological Resources Study) online resources lists:

• Australian Faunal Directory lists Australian fauna and gives the AFD ID used for finding information about Australian fauna, and appearing on the taxonbar for species such as Koala.
• Australian Fresh Water Algal Name Index (not yet used in wikidata)
• Flora of Australia used for the id FoAO2 and found on the taxonbar for e.g., Boronia. This database give a full description of the plant (for plants which have so far been included).

Supported by Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria

• Australian Plant Name Index: a taxonomic & name database for plants
• Fungi database: gives the AusFungiID for native and naturalised fungi. (This is a taxonomic and name database.)
• Lichen database: gives the AusLichenID for native and naturalised lichen.
• AusMoss (not yet used in wikidata)