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A C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium Sampler

History of the Virtual Herbarium

A Summary of Databasing Projects

Collectors Represented in the Herbarium

A Guide for Use of The C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Treatment of Endangered and Threatened Plant Species

Specimen Showcases

Electronic and Physical Specimen Loans

How to Link to Our Specimen Data

Useful References

Gallery of Intern Webpages:
   Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plants (by Matthew Pace)
   Fusarium Wilt And Its Effect On Bananas (by Rachel Sugarman)
   An Introduction to Ferns (by Rasheen A. Allen)
   An Introduction to Lichens (by Salvatore De Santis)
   A Synopsis of the Family Cactaceae (by Aaron M. Socha)
   Conifers & Other Gymnosperms (by Chao Rong Wu)

Acknowledgements
The C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium, is the electronic gateway to the collections of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium. The goals of the Virtual Herbarium are to make specimen data available electronically for use in biodiversity research projects; to reduce shipping of actual specimens for projects where digital representations will suffice for study; and to reunite data elements (e.g., photographs and drawings, manuscripts, published works, microscopic preparations, gene sequences) derived from a specimen with the catalog record for that specimen.

The digital collections of the Virtual Herbarium, comprising approximately 1,300,000 herbarium specimens and 225,000 high-resolution specimen images, are updated daily as the Garden pursues the goal of digitizing all of its 7,300,000 plant and fungi specimens.

Note that the Virtual Herbarium will be unavailable for searches while database maintenance is performed from March 14 until March 18."
New Projects

Kohlmeyer Marine Fungi
Barneby Legume Catalogue
Swartzia Pages

World Flora and Mycota

Boletineae Project
Cyperaceae Pages
Elaphoglossum Pages
Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
French Guianan e-Flora Project
The Lecythidaceae Pages
Lichens of the Ozark Ecoregion
Lichens of the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Megalastrum Pages
PBI Miconieae Project
Plants and Lichens of Saba
Plants and Lichens of St. Eustatius
Swartzia Pages
Xyridaceae Pages

Resources

Glossary for Vascular Plants

Online Specimen Catalogs

Comprehensive Catalogs

Search All Catalogs

Search All Bryophyte Collections
Search All Fungal Collections
Search All Vascular Plant Collections

Type Specimen Catalogs
Bryophyte Type Specimen Catalog
Fungi Type Specimen Catalog
George E. Massee Type Collections
Type Specimen Catalog of Algae
Vascular Plant Type Specimens
West Indian Vascular Plant Types

Plant and Fungi Specimen Catalogs
Algae
Latin American Characeae
Type Specimen Catalog of Algae

Bryophytes
American Bryophyte Catalog
Bryophyte Type Specimen Catalog

Fungi
Costa Rican Fungi
Kansas State University Mycological Herbarium
Kohlmeyer Marine Fungi
Plants and Fungi of Puerto Rico
Roger D. Goos Mycological Herbarium
Tulane University Mycological Herbarium
The Raymond M. Fatto Herbarium

Lichens
Lichens of North America
Lichens of the Ozark Ecoregion
Lichens of the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Plants and Lichens of Saba

Vascular Plants
Barneby Legume Catalogue
Ericaceae of Ecuador
The Flora BorinqueÒa Digital Herbarium and Library
Flowering Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
French Guianan e-Flora Project
Intermountain Flora
Invasive Plant Species of the United States
The Lecythidaceae Pages
N. Britton & P. Wilson Reference Seed Collection
North American Gymnosperms
PBI Solanum Project
Plant Diversity of Central French Guiana
Plants and Fungi of Puerto Rico
Plants and Lichens of Saba
Vascular Plant Species of Brazil
Vascular Plant Species of Central and Northeastern Brazil
Vascular Plant Species of Eastern Brazil
West Indian Orchids

Regional Specimen Catalogs

North America
Intermountain Flora (vascular plants only)
Invasive Plant Species of the United States (vascular plants only)
North American Gymnosperms

Central America
Flowering Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Ethnobotany and Floristics of Belize Project (vascular plants only)

Neotropics
Neotropical Flora and Mycota Catalog
Neotropical Lecythidaceae Catalog

South America
Coastal Forest Plants of Bahia, Brazil (vascular plants only)
Ericaceae of Ecuador
Flora and Mycota of Acre, Brazil
French Guianan e-Flora Project
Plant Diversity of Central French Guiana
Vascular Plant Species of Brazil
Vascular Plant Species of Central and Northeastern Brazil
Vascular Plant Species of Eastern Brazil

West Indies
Caribbean Biodiversity Portal
The Flora BorinqueÒa Digital Herbarium and Library
Flora of Navassa Island
Plants and Fungi of Puerto Rico
Plants and Lichens of Saba
West Indian Orchids

Europe
Flora of the Caucasus Region (vascular plants only)


   
Additional Information

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bthiers@nybg.org
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