Botany website redesign

From Plant Press, Vol. 22, No. 1, January 2019.

The National Museum of Natural History has launched a new website at https://naturalhistory.si.edu/. The new visitor-focused site works on both desktop and mobile screens, integrates with multiple Smithsonian-wide systems, and has improved accessibility and adherence to current accessibility standards and requirements. The new Museum website includes a redesign to the research department webpages, including the Department of Botany—now found at https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany.

Botany homepage navigation begins with the orange circle in the lower left of the screen. Click on this and you see “Botany” with a subordinate list of choices:

• About
• Research
• Collections Access
• Resources
• Opportunities
• News and Highlights
• Staff
• Contacts

Navigation of the newly redesigned Department of Botany website at https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany begins with the orange circle on the left of the screen.

The About page presents a short history of the U.S. National Herbarium and the Department of Botany. Research dives into the current research specialties of the Botany Curators, organized by geographic, taxonomic, and other special interests. Examples include Guiana Shield, Hawaiian Islands, West Indies, Lianas and Climbing Plants of the Neotropics, Onagraceae, and Zingiberales.

If you are looking for specimens, images, loans, or access to the Herbarium, visit Collections Access. The Resources page provides digital resources, nomenclatural tools (Index Nominum Genericorum, Appendices I-VII of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants), and access to newsletters and journals (Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium, Smithsonian Contributions to Botany).

The Opportunities page offers information for the visiting researcher, such as how to find and apply for travel awards, fellowships, internships, and volunteer positions. The News and Highlights page will focus on the latest events and other activities sponsored by the department, such the Smithsonian Botanical Symposium.

If you are looking for a staff member of the Department of Botany, visit the Staff page. The Department’s mailing address, phone number, fax number, and email address is available on the Contacts page.