Abstract: An information system of Jiangsu plants was developed using Visual Basic(6.0) under Windows ME. All data were first inputted with Ms Excel 2000, then outputted to Ms Access 97. The data recorded all 2205 species, 334 varieties, 21 cultivated varieties and 1534 synonymies in Jiangsu province, China. The system used ODBC(Open Database Connectivity) and Jet(Joint Engine Technology) to connect the Ms Access data, SQL(Structure Query Language) to search the database. Chinese name, Latin name, family name, genus name of all plants in Jiangsu could be searched using this system. And the characteristics, pictures, geographical distribution, habit, economic importance of the plants could be shown in this system. The system runs under the environment of Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME.

Key words: Jiangsu, plants, fatabase, information