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AVH	Australasian Virtual Herbarium Australian and New Zealand herbaria house over eight million plant, algae and fungi specimens. Herbarium specimens are an important resource for research on the Australasian flora and provide a permanent record of the occurrence of a species at a particular place and time. The AVH provides access to the collecting data associated with these specimens. Contact: Home Page: https://avh.chah.org.au/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 15 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: Australia Access Rights: Public Domain More Information

BISH	Bernice P. Bishop Museum, USA The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science located in the Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to one of the world's largest collections of natural history material from the Pacific region, with approximately 21 million specimens. The main collections include Entomology, Malacology, Botany, Ichthyology, Vertebrate Zoology (Birds, Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles) and Marine Invertebrates. Bishop Museum is in the process of dramatically improving its digital resources, and is actively involved in the development of biodiversity information standards and associated services (particularly the Global Names Architecture). Contact: Barbara Kennedy, Collections Manager (bkennedy@bishopmuseum.org) Home Page: https://www.bishopmuseum.org/botany/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 15 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: Bishop Museum Access Rights: Public Domain More Information

iDigBio-data	International Herbaria dataset from iDigBio Contact: Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) More Information

MOBOT-MO	Missouri Botanical Garden, USA The Missouri Botanical Garden's Herbarium is one of the world's outstanding research resources for specimens and information on bryophytes and vascular plants. The collection is limited to these two major groups of plants. As of 2018 the collection has nearly 7 million specimens. It is the second largest herbarium in the United States and one of the largest in the world. Contact: James Solomon, Curator of Vascular Plants (jim.solomon@mobot.org) Home Page: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plant-science/plant-science/resources/herbarium.aspx Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 21 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: Missouri Botanical Garden Access Rights: Public Domain More Information

NTBG-PTBG	National Tropical Botanical Garden Institution known as Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden through 1988. All types have been scanned and are online at JSTOR Plants. Currently all specimens are being databased and digitized all collections with funding from the National Science Foundation. Contact: Tim Flynn, Curator of the herbarium (tflynn@ntbg.org) Home Page: www.ntbg.org Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 15 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: National Tropical Botanical Garden Access Rights: Public Domain More Information

NUS	National University of Samoa The National University of Samoa (Le Iunivesite Aoao o Samoa) is the only national university in Samoa. The university houses a small collection of herbarium specimens used in teaching botany. Established in 1984 by an act of parliament, it is coeducational and provides certificate, diploma, and undergraduate degree programs, as well as technical and vocational training. About 2,000 students were enrolled in 2010 with an estimated 300 staff. It offers a wide range of programmes including Arts, Business and Entrepreneurship, Education, Science, Nursing, Engineering and Maritime Training. The Centre for Samoan Studies, established in the university for the teaching of the Samoan language and culture, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as the world's first degree in Master of Samoan Studies. Contact: Roberta Faasavalu (r.faasavalu@nus.edu.ws) Home Page: http://www.nus.edu.ws/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 15 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: National University of Samoa Access Rights: Public Domain More Information

NYBG-NY	New York Botanical Garden, USA Within its extensive holdings, approximately 5.6 million specimens in the Steere Herbarium are vascular plants, 1 million are bryophytes (mosses and hepatics) Contact: Barbara Thiers, Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the Herbarium, Vice President for Science Administration (bthiers@nybg.org) Home Page: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 15 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: New York Botanical Garden Access Rights: Public Domain More Information

RBG-K	Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, UK Funded as a government institution in 1841; Kew herbarium and library founded in 1852. Around 7 million vascular plant specimens (including approximately 330,000 types) and 1.25 million fungi specimens. This dataset has been updated to follow the APG IV system. Contact: Alan Paton, Head of Collections (a.paton@kew.org) Home Page: https://apps.kew.org/herbcat/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 15 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: Royal Botanic Garden Access Rights: Public Domain More Information

NMNH-S	Smithsonian Institution, USA Public records of accessioned specimens and observations curated by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data are from the Departments of Botany and include primary type specimen records. Contact: Curator (SNH@si.edu) Home Page: https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 15 April 2020 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) Rights Holder: National Museum of Natural History Access Rights: Public Domain More Information