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Encyclopedia > Virtual Herbarium

In botany, a virtual herbarium is a web-based collection of digital images of preserved plants or plant parts. Each virtual specimen is accompanied by information on where and when it was collected, by whom, its correct botanical name, and often information on associated species and ecological preferences.


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Virtual Herbarium Express - Herbarium Databasing Software from The New York Botanical Garden (858 words)
Virtual Herbarium Express is a software application designed for use in the field by New York Botanical Garden scientists.
Virtual Herbarium Express can serve as both a field and herbarium tool for small to mid-sized herbaria, or as a starter system for a larger institution that wishes to gain experience with an existing collection management software application before creating their own.
Virtual Herbarium Express can be downloaded from the Library, or contact us and we'll send a cd your way.
Virtual Herbarium Gets Six Million Plants Online Media Release Fact Sheet - Australia's Virtual Herbarium 14 June 2001 (629 words)
The Virtual Herbarium project will enable records about the remaining 60 per cent of specimens to be entered into these electronic databases and will make all these records available through the portal site.
The idea of developing Australia's Virtual Herbarium emerged from a working group established in 1995 to accelerate the cooperative development of storage, maintenance and dissemination of plant, algal and fungal data and information in Australian government herbaria.
Each participating herbarium will continue to be responsible for its collection but by collaborating to develop Australia's Virtual Herbarium they will all contribute to enhancing understanding of Australia's biological diversity.
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