Details for Herbario Nacional
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| Collection data |
| Name | Herbario Nacional |
| Alternative name | MEXU |
| Description | The Herbario Nacional (MEXU by its acronym in the Index Herbariorum), under the custody of the Instituto de Biología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), holds ca. 1.6 million specimens in six collections, namely Algae, Bryophytes, Fungi, Historical Collection, Lichens, and Vascular Plants (the latter including subcollections Fruits and Seeds, Types, and Xylotheque). Nearly 1.3 million specimens are available online, in most cases including a high-resolution digital image, in our web platform IBdata 3 (www.ibdata.ib.unam.mx) and also through UNAM´s open data portal (https://datosabiertos.unam.mx/). |
| Description for specialists | |
| Cite as | Herbario Nacional (MEXU), Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Provenance | |
| Notes | |
| Primary grouping principle | National |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Part of collection | |
| Related collection(s) | |
| Known to contain types | Includes types |
| Rights |
| Rights | |
| Access rights | |
| Usage restrictions | |
| Collection types |
| Taxonomic |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
| Level 8 |
Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured. |
| Date |
29-09-2022 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Development status |
| Active growth |
| Collection extents |
| 1600000 mounted specimens |
| Kingdom coverage |
| Fungi, Plantae |
| Taxon coverage |
| Algae, Bryophytes (strength), Lichens (strength), Macroscopic fungi (strength), Vascular plants (strength) |
| Common name coverage |
| 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Specimen preservation methods |
| Dried, Dried and pressed, Fluid-preserved |
| Media |
| Digital database and images published online |
| Item level access |
| Source: https://www.ibdata.abaco3.org/web/
Description: Web portal for consult, capture and administration of the information of the biological collections in the custody of the Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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| Source: https://www.ibdata.ib.unam.mx
Description: Web portal for the consult, capture and administration of the information of the biological collections in the custody of the Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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| Related material |
| Not entered |
