Bruhl, Jeremy

Telford, Ian

1958-12-31

'Spirit collection of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium' refers to specimens, mostly adjunct to dried and pressed specimen, fixed and preserved in liquid media. Most specimens have been fixed in FAA or FPA or ethanol. Most specimens are held in 70% ethanol. Specimens are generally available for both non-destructive and destructive sampling for taxonomic and other systematic botanical studies. In a few cases, the spirit material represents the primary material of the gathering. Much of the spirit collection is focused on research active groups such as Cyperaceae, Phyllanthaceae and Cucurbitaceae. Work is currently underway to update the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium spirit collection database. However, it is estimated that this collection includes approximately 1,400 plant specimens, of which nearly all were collected in Australia. Among the collection are specimens from all Australian states and territories, as well as a small number of specimens from Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The collection includes approximately 800 distinct species and approximately 400 distinct genera. The specimen sheet collection of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium is databased and available to registered users for online data entry and data query. Records include most standard herbarium label fields (see http://www.une.edu.au/herbarium/collecting.php) as used across Australia (e.g. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/collecting/field-note-book.html) including name, collector(s), locality and habitat.

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/215306

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