The herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences (PH) is the oldest institutional herbarium in the United States. It is a national resource for material from 1750-1850. The diatom herbarium (ANSP) is managed separately.

BOLD is a cloud-based data storage and analysis platform developed at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics in Canada. It consists of four main modules, a data portal, an educational portal, a registry of BINs (putative species), and a data collection and analysis workbench.

BOLD is a cloud-based data storage and analysis platform developed at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics in Canada. It consists of four main modules, a data portal, an educational portal, a registry of BINs (putative species), and a data collection and analysis workbench.

The Carnegie Museum herbarium (CM) has over 540,000 worldwide vascular plant specimens as well as the best representation in any herbarium of specimens from western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin. CM holds the private herbarium of Hannibal and Tyrecca Davis containing 20,000 specimens with a concentration on Rubus (Rosaceae).

The CUMV Fish Collection was established shortly after the founding of the university in 1865. Many of our earliest specimens were collected by well-known researchers such as David Starr Jordan, Carl Eigenmann, Charles Frederick Hartt and Seth Meek. By 1935, the collection contained only 3,000 lots, but during the following 35 years, Edward Raney and his students built the finest collection of eastern North American freshwater fishes in existence today. In Collette and Lachner's (1976) report on fish collections in the United States and Canada, the CUMV Fish Collection ranked thirteenth among all collections and fourth among National Resource Centers in North America. Although there is worldwide representation of both marine and freshwater species, the bulk of the collection is strongly representative of freshwater fishes from eastern North America and has formed the basis for numerous systematic works on the North American fish fauna. Much of the material is in large geographic series, and many sites have been sampled repeatedly through extended periods of time. Some specimens are from the original New York State Biological Survey (1926–1939). Many of our collections are from the highly industrialized Northeast and Middle Atlantic states and thus document earlier faunas in habitats now greatly altered, and we have repeated samples through time from many of these localities. The primary activities for the last several years has been collection building efforts directed toward African freshwater fishes.

L’École Nationale des Eaux et Forêts (ENEF) a été créée en 1953, elle est située au Cap-Esterias, à une trentaine de kilomètres de Libreville. Elle forme des cadres hautement qualifiés dans les domaines de la foresterie, de la Pêche et l’aquaculture, de la gestion de la faune, des aires protégées et de l’environnement.

This is for practicing data ingestion and editing tools during the November workshop. 

L'IRAF a été créé à la suite de la nationalisation de la recherche scientifique gabonaise. Il fait partie des cinq instituts regroupés au sein du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST). L'Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières est une institution publique, placée sous la triple tutelle du Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, du Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et du Développement Rural et du Ministère des Eaux et Forêts.

L'IRAF a été créé à la suite de la nationalisation de la recherche scientifique gabonaise. Il fait partie des cinq instituts regroupés au sein du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST). L'Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières est une institution publique, placée sous la triple tutelle du Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, du Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et du Développement Rural et du Ministère des Eaux et Forêts.

L'IRAF a été créé à la suite de la nationalisation de la recherche scientifique gabonaise. Il fait partie des cinq instituts regroupés au sein du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST). L'Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières est une institution publique, placée sous la triple tutelle du Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, du Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et du Développement Rural et du Ministère des Eaux et Forêts.

The NBM amphibian and reptile collection was established by Dr. Stanley W. Gorham (1917-1984), who produced the first modern checklist of world amphibians.  The collection now includes about 13,000 whole specimens in alcohol, a sizable and rapidly growing frozen tissue collection (-80^oC), a small collection of dried skins (add link), and several hundred dried turtle shells and skeletons. Although mostly of New Brunswick origin, the collection also houses material from Fiji, Spain, Panama, Gabon, and Russia. An associated and significant collection of frog helminths is housed in the general invertebrate collection.

This collection represents Port Elizabeth Museum's Gabon collection of Reptiles. These collections were made between 2000 and 2003, primarily in Ogooué-Maritime Province. 

Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)
P.O. Box 13147, Humewood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 6013
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The collection of mammals of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) started during the XVIIIth century. The collection grows regularly with specimens collected during scientific expeditions and animals from zoological parks (Zoo de Vincennes, Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Parc de la Haute-Touche) or care centers. The collection is constituted by skeletons (mounted or not), skins (mounted or not), casts, specimens or organs in fluid (alcohol or formalin), and tissues. The database ZAC (acronym for “Zoology, Comparative anatomy”) exists since 2010. It is the result of the merger of MAMMALIA (former collection of “Zoologie, Mammifères et Oiseaux”) and ANATOMIC (former collection of “Anatomie comparée”). For many groups, computerization is at a preliminary stage, and most entries have not yet been checked for errors or verified against the collections. More detailed information can be obtained by writing to the curators and collection managers. The database will help you prepare loan requests or visits to the collection. For any request contact: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr/

English:

Gabon Biodiversity Collection is the largest zoological reference collection known in Central Africa. It consist of 123,000 specimen including Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, plants and mainly arthropods. The collection of amphibian actually has over 500 specimen. Amphibian are under studied and our hope is to foster more research in the region by making visible what is already available as information.

Français:

La Collection de la Biodiversité du Gabon est la plus grande collection de référence zoologique connue en Afrique Centrale. Elle est composée de 123 000 spécimens comprenant des mammifères, des oiseaux, des poissons, des reptiles et des amphibiens, des plantes et surtout des arthropodes. La collection d'amphibiens compte actuellement plus de 500 spécimens. Les amphibiens sont peu étudiés et notre espoir est d'encourager la recherche dans la région en rendant visible les informations déjà disponibles.

Gabon Biodiversity Collection is the largest zoological reference collection known in Central Africa. It consist of 123000 specimen including Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, plants and mainly arthropods. The collection of amphibian actually has over 500 specimen. Amphibian are under studied and our hope is to foster more research in the region by making available what is already available as information.

English

Gabon Biodiversity Collection is the largest zoological reference collection known in Central Africa. It consist of 123000 specimen including Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, plants and mainly arthropods. The collection of fish actually has over 400 specimen. Fish are under studied and the actual knowledge need to be updated. Our expectation is to make  recent research data available to researchers and students.

Francais

La Collection de la Biodiversité du Gabon est la plus grande collection de référence zoologique connue en Afrique centrale. Elle est composée de plus de 123 000 spécimens comprenant des mammifères, des oiseaux, des poissons, des reptiles et des amphibiens, des plantes et surtout des arthropodes. La collection de poissons compte actuellement plus de 425 spécimens. Les poissons sont peu étudiés et les connaissances actuelles doivent être mises à jour. Notre objectif est de mettre à la disposition des chercheurs et des étudiants les données de recherches récentes.

English:

Gabon Biodiversity Collection is the largest zoological reference collection known in Central Africa. It consist of 123,000 specimen including Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, plants and mainly arthropods. The collection of reptiles, actually has almost 500 specimens. Reptiles, as amphibian are under studied and our hope is to foster more research in the region by making visible what is already available as information. This open source collection, has also the ambition to educate on the various species occurring in Gabon.

Français:

La Collection de la Biodiversité du Gabon est la plus grande collection de référence zoologique connue en Afrique Centrale. Elle est composée de 123 000 spécimens comprenant des mammifères, des oiseaux, des poissons, des reptiles, des amphibiens, des plantes et surtout des arthropodes. La collection de reptiles compte actuellement presque 500 spécimens. Tout comme les amphibiens, les reptiles sont peu étudiés et notre espoir est d'encourager la recherche dans la région en rendant visible les informations déjà disponibles. Cette collection, accessible au public, a aussi la prétention d'informer sur les différentes espèces de reptiles présents au Gabon.

L'Herbier du Gabon a été créé en 1984 comme Herbier de référence au sein de l'Institut de Pharmacopée et de Médecine Traditionnelle (IPHAMETRA), l'un des instituts du Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CENAREST). Il est devenu l'Herbier National du Gabon (HNG) compte tenu de son grand nombre de collections. Le nombre de plantes récoltées au Gabon est estimé à 100 000. Mais parmi les 65 000 données informatisées et répertoriées dans une base de données, près de 50 000 spécimens sont physiquement présents à l’Herbier National du Gabon et leur gestion se fait au quotidien. Des Ptéridophytes aux plantes à fleurs, une grande diversité du monde végétal est représentée à l’Herbier National du Gabon. Plus de 5 000 espèces de plantes vasculaires réparties dans 186 familles environ sont connues au Gabon.

L'IRAF a été créé à la suite de la nationalisation de la recherche scientifique gabonaise. Il fait partie des cinq instituts regroupés au sein du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST). L'Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières est une institution publique, placée sous la triple tutelle du Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, du Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et du Développement Rural et du Ministère des Eaux et Forêts. L'IRAF héberge la plus grande collection de poissons du Gabon, avec environ 10 000 spécimens. 

Additional electronic access to F database is available at: http://emuweb.fieldmuseum.org/botany/Query.php. Specialty: Phanerogams worldwide with emphasis on tropical and North America, especially rich in collections from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru; pteridophytes worldwide with emphasis on Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru; bryophytes worldwide; mosses of North America, Central America, Andean South America, and Australasia; hepatics of north temperate, South America, and south temperate; all groups of fungi, especially basidiomycetes with emphasis on New World and lichenized fungi of north temperate and Central America; algae worldwide, especially Cyanobacteria; economic botany.

This dataset contains all digitized vascular plant specimen records stewarded by the Harvard University Herbaria. The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC). DarwinCore data follows the AppleCore guidance https://code.google.com/p/applecore/.

Meise Botanic Garden (MeiseBG) has a history that goes back to 1796. Today, it is an internationally recognized botanic garden in a park of 92 hectares, and a centre of excellence for plant biodiversity research. MeiseBG houses the 15th largest herbarium in the world, holding 4 million preserved specimens, a comprehensive botanical library, a seed bank and a living plant collection with 25,000 accessions of plants from around the world. Research focuses on plant, algal and fungal taxonomy, evolution, biodiversity conservation, ecosystems and ethnobotany. The preserved collections (including the herbarium, wood, carpological, slide and molecular collections) have a global scope, with a focus on Central Africa, Belgium, and Southwestern Europe, with additionally important historic collections from Latin America. Highlights are the private collections of famous 19th botanists such as Henri Van Heurck (diatoms), Carl Von Martius (Flora brasiliensis), Heinrich Gustav von Reichenbach (orchids) and Crépin (wild roses), which form the historic core of the collections. A wide range of taxonomic groups are covered including: vascular plants, lichens, mosses, liverworts, fungi, myxomycetes, macroalgae, and diatoms. Meise Botanic Garden is dedicated to digitally unlock these precious and unique botanical collections.

The Museum of Comparative Zoology was founded in 1859 on the concept that collections are an integral and fundamental component of zoological research and teaching. This more than 150-year-old commitment remains a strong and proud tradition for the MCZ. The present-day MCZ contains over 21-million specimens in ten research collections which comprise one of the world's richest and most varied resources for studying the diversity of life. The museum serves as the primary repository for zoological specimens collected by past and present Harvard faculty-curators, staff and associates conducting research around the world. As a premier university museum and research institution, the specimens and their related data are available to researchers of the scientific and museum community.

The Museum of Comparative Zoology was founded in 1859 on the concept that collections are an integral and fundamental component of zoological research and teaching. This more than 150-year-old commitment remains a strong and proud tradition for the MCZ. The present-day MCZ contains over 21-million specimens in ten research collections which comprise one of the world's richest and most varied resources for studying the diversity of life. The museum serves as the primary repository for zoological specimens collected by past and present Harvard faculty-curators, staff and associates conducting research around the world. As a premier university museum and research institution, the specimens and their related data are available to researchers of the scientific and museum community.

The Museum of Comparative Zoology was founded in 1859 on the concept that collections are an integral and fundamental component of zoological research and teaching. This more than 150-year-old commitment remains a strong and proud tradition for the MCZ. The present-day MCZ contains over 21-million specimens in ten research collections which comprise one of the world's richest and most varied resources for studying the diversity of life. The museum serves as the primary repository for zoological specimens collected by past and present Harvard faculty-curators, staff and associates conducting research around the world. As a premier university museum and research institution, the specimens and their related data are available to researchers of the scientific and museum community.

The Museum of Comparative Zoology was founded in 1859 on the concept that collections are an integral and fundamental component of zoological research and teaching. This more than 150-year-old commitment remains a strong and proud tradition for the MCZ. The present-day MCZ contains over 21-million specimens in ten research collections which comprise one of the world's richest and most varied resources for studying the diversity of life. The museum serves as the primary repository for zoological specimens collected by past and present Harvard faculty-curators, staff and associates conducting research around the world. As a premier university museum and research institution, the specimens and their related data are available to researchers of the scientific and museum community.

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, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology and Vertebrate Zoology (Amphibians & Reptiles, Birds, Fishes, and Mammals).

See: http://grbio.org/cool/i75d-97nn

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, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology and Vertebrate Zoology (Amphibians & Reptiles, Birds, Fishes, and Mammals).

See: http://grbio.org/cool/i75d-97nn

This database contains specimen records from the former herbarium of the Leiden University within the botanical collection of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, Netherlands). The Department of Botany houses the National Herbarium of the Netherlands (NHN) which consists of herbarium collections of the universities of Leiden, Wageningen and Utrecht. In 2010 the collection of the University of Amsterdam also moved to Naturalis.The focal areas of the collection are Southeast Asia, tropical America, tropical Africa and the Netherlands. The former herbarium of the Leiden University (acronym: L) contains about 4 million specimens and has extensive collections from Southeast Asia, especially from Indonesia and New Guinea, but it also holds a large collection of palearctic plants, and is the principle herbarium for Dutch plants. As the oldest Dutch herbarium, it also contains several historic collections.