Description
Public records of accessioned specimens and observations curated by the US National Herbarium (US), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The data include more than 110,000 type specimen records.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 4,190,932 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Orrell T (2021): NMNH_Botany. v1.4. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Dataset/Occurrence. https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=nmnh_botany&v=1.4
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has not been registered with GBIF
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Global collections, US National Herbarium (US), National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The collection encompasses all major groups of plants (bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms) as well as algae (especially marine algae and diatoms) and lichens.
| Domain | Bacteria (Bacteria) |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (Plants), Fungi (Fungi), Protista (Protists), Chromista (Chromista) |
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 19th Century - current |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | US National Herbarium (US) |
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| Collection Identifier | http://grbio.org/cool/i75d-97nn |
| Parent Collection Identifier | http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94 |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried and pressed, Dried, Alcohol, Deep frozen |
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Additional Metadata
While every effort is made to provide accurate information, use of these databases is entirely at your own risk. The National Museum of Natural History makes no warranty, either express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy, or currency of the information in the databases or its suitability for any particular purpose. Where the use of this data is critical to scientific investigation, scholarly publication, or policy decisions, the user is responsible for verifying identities and provenance against specimens and other primary data sources.
| Alternative Identifiers | https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=nmnh_botany |
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