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The cryptogamy collection (PC) at the Herbarium of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris)

Latest version published by MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle on Sep 20, 2023 MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle

The herbarium of the museum, referred to by code PC, includes a large number of important collections amongst its 2 000 000 cryptogams (algae, bryophyta, fungi and lichens) specimens. These collections are constitued by a general herbarium and numerous particular collections. Among these last, Allorge, Bescherelle, Bourdot & Galzin, Heim, Hue, Montagne, Romagnesi, Sauvageau, Thuret & Bornet herbaria.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 527,560 records. 3 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    527560
  • Identification 
    667120
  • Identifier
    462721
  • Multimedia 
    295450

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

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Data as a DwC-A file download 527,560 records in French (59 MB) - Update frequency: unknown
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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

The cryptogamy collection (PC) at the Herbarium of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Some material digitized by e-ReColNat (ANR-11-INBS-0004)

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: fea77396-7b26-44cb-8580-aefadc8db276.  MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Cryptogam; Botany; Taxonomy; Specimens; Collections; Types

Contacts

Who created the resource:

MNHN
Provider
MNHN

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Marc Pignal
Correspondant
MNHN

Who filled in the metadata:

Simon Chagnoux

Who else was associated with the resource:

Content Provider
Bart Buyck
Content Provider
Bruno Dennetière
Content Provider
Line Legall
Content Provider
Catherine Rausch
Content Provider
Bruno Reviers, de

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers fea77396-7b26-44cb-8580-aefadc8db276
http://collections.mnhn.fr/ipt/resource?r=mnhn-pc