MGC Herbarium of University of Malaga (Spain): MGC-Briof dataset

Occurrence
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Description

El Herbario de la Universidad de Málaga (Herbario MGC) está constituido por cuatro colecciones biológicas. La colección de plantas vasculares (MGC Cormof) es la colección principal del herbario. La base de datos MGC-Briof tiene como objetivo la digitalización y publicación de los datos asociados con los más de 1.260 ejemplares depositados en la colección, de los cuales el 99,1% de las muestras se encuentran identificadas a nivel de especie. Desde 2011, los Servicios Centrales de Investigación (SCAI) de la Universidad de Málaga son responsables de mantener el herbario y sus respectivas bases de datos. La colección está digitalizada a través del programa Herbar v3.7.1 (F. Pando et al. 1996-2011), estando la información de los especímenes accesibles a través de la red de GBIF (http://www.gbif.org/dataset/96bfeedc-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a). La colección MGC-Briof alberga 88 familias, siendo Pottiaceae (15,6%), Brachytheciaceae (8,6 %) y Grimmiaceae (6,3 %) las mejor representadas. Se contabilizan 214 géneros, los cuales incluyen 491 especies o bien 515 taxones si atendemos a las categorías infraespecíficas. Los géneros más abundantes son Bryum (4,8 %), Racomitrium (3,2 %) y Fissidens (2,6 %). La mayoría de los pliegos proceden de la Península Ibérica y Canarias, predominantemente del sur de España (Andalucia= 47.2% de los especímenes), siento la provincia de Málaga la mejor representada con un 30%. La mayor incorporación de pliegos en la colección MGC-Briof se dio entre 1976 y 1986, años que reflejan la intensa actividad del Dr. Juan Guerra. El herbario MGC es uno de los herbarios de referencia para Flora Briofitica Iberica (Guerra 2006-). La revista Acta Botanica Malacitana (B. Cabezudo 1975-) (http://www.biolveg.uma.es/abm/abm.html) está estrechamente relacionada con el herbario MGC y periódicamente publica artículos que están basados en datos incluidos en su colección. The herbarium of University of Málaga (MGC Herbarium) is formed by four biological collections. The vascular plants collection (MGC-Cormof ) is the main collection of the herbarium. MGC-Briof dataset aims to digitize and publish data associated with over 1.260 specimens deposited in the collection, of which 99.1% of the specimens are identified at species level. Since 2011, the University of Malaga’s Central Research Service (SCAI) has been responsible for maintaining the herbarium and their datasets. The collection is digitized by Herbar v3.7.1 software (F. Pando et al. 1996-2011), making over specimens accessible through the GBIF network (http://www.gbif.org/dataset/96bfeedc-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a). MGC-Briof collection contain 88 families, Pottiaceae (15.6%), Brachytheciaceae (8.6 %) and Grimmiaceae (6.3 %) being the most important. There are 214 genera, which contain 491 species and 515 taxa (including infraspecific categories). Main genera in order of abundance are Bryum (4.8 %), Racomitrium (3.2 %) y Fissidens (2.6 %). Most of the sheets are from Iberian Peninsula, mainly Southern Spain (Andalusia= 47.2% of specimens), Malaga province being the most important with 30%. The higher sheet intake in this collection was since 1976 to 1986, main research period of PhD. Juan Guerra at University of Malaga. The journal Acta Botanica Malacitana (B. Cabezudo 1975-) (http://www.biolveg.uma.es/abm/abm.html) is closely associated with the MGC Herbarium and periodically publishes papers that are based on data included in its dataset.

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 1,261 records.

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.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

MGC Herbarium of University of Malaga (Spain): MGC-Briof dataset. University of Malaga. Dataset/Occurrence. http://www.gbif.es/ipt/resource?r=mgc_briof

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Malaga. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 96bfeedc-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a.  University of Malaga publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Spain.

Keywords

Occurrence; Malaga; Andalusia; Spain; SCAI; University of Malaga; MGC Herbarium; MGC; Plantae; Bryophyta; Pottiaceae; Brachytheciaceae; Grimmiaceae; Bryum; Racomitrium; Fissidens; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Jose Garcia Sánchez
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Herbarium Curator
University of Málaga
  • Servicios Centrales de Apoyo a la Investigación (SCAI). Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 33. Campus de Teatinos
29071 Málaga
Málaga
ES
  • +34 952137414

Geographic Coverage

NA

Bounding Coordinates South West [28.138, -17.215], North East [43.641, 3.224]

Taxonomic Coverage

The 1.250 sheets of the MGC-Briof collection are grouped into 88 families, 214 genera, 491 species and 515 taxa (including infraspecific categories). The main families in order of abundance are Pottiaceae (15.6%), Brachytheciaceae (8.6 %) y Grimmiaceae (6.3 %). Main genera in order of abundance are Bryum (4.8 %), Racomitrium (3.2 %) y Fissidens (2.6 %).

Kingdom Plantae (plants)
Phylum Bryophyta (mosses)
Family Pottiaceae, Brachytheciaceae, Grimmiaceae
Genus Bryum, Racomitrium, Fissidens

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1987-01-01 / 2015-01-01

Project Data

No Description available

Title Digitalización y Gestión de las Bases de Datos del Herbario MGC de la Universidad de Málaga
Funding >>>> Scientific research project: "Informatización del Herbario de la Universidad de Málaga (MGC)". Reference: CLEG2004-21156-E Fund: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain). Length: 2006 January - 2009 September. Principal researcher: Dr. Baltasar Cabezudo Artero. >>>>Scientific research project: "Realización de una prestación de servicios para el mantenimiento e inclusión de pliegos del proyecto Flora de Andalucía Oriental en el Herbario público de la Universidad de Málaga". Reference: 8.06/03.3353 Fund: Junta de Andalucía Length: 2010 February - 2011 February. Principal researcher: Dr. Baltasar Cabezudo Artero. >>>>Scientific research project: "Digitalización y Gestión de las Bases de Datos del Herbario MGC de la Universidad de Málaga". Reference: 8.06/03.3353 Fund: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain). Subprograma Personal Técnico de Apoyo Length: 2012 January - 2014 December. Principal responsible: Dr. José García Sánchez. >>>>Temporary staff for assistance in fieldworks, contracted through Junta de Andalucía (Spain) research group: Biodiversidad, Conservación y Recursos Vegetales; Group code: RNM-115.

The personnel involved in the project:

Baltasar Cabezudo Artero
  • Principal Investigator

Sampling Methods

The plants of this collection were mainly gathered by researchers of the Botany Area of the Department of Plant Biology at University of Malaga, as well as by members of the herbarium. A small component of the collection comes from exchanges or donations from other research centres or researchers.

Study Extent Most plants are from Iberian Peninsula, mainly Southern Spain (Andalusia), Malaga province being the most widely represented area, the aim being to cover the widest degree of plant biodiversity for this territory.
Quality Control Every specimen of the MGC-Briof collection has been identified by researchers of the Botany Area of the Department of Plant Biology at University of Malaga and by Juan Guerra, researcher of the Department of Plant Biology at University of Murcia. The dataset is analysed in search of digitalisation errors before uploading to the GBIF Portal. This check is carried out by the DarwinTest v3.2 tool (Ortega-Maqueda and Pando 2008), provided by the Spanish GBIF Node. This tool looks for mistakes in taxonomy, dates, geospatial information, collectors, identifiers, etc

Method step description:

  1. Before incorporating new plants in the herbarium, the steps described below are followed. First, the material is dried and put in an envelope (14.8 × 10.5 cm) which perfectly cover and protect the specimen. On each envelope, an identification label provides the following information: taxonomy, country, province, county, locality, georeference, date, ecology, collectors and determinations. To kill any insects contained in the sheets, they are frozen at -20 °C for 72 hours. Periodically, the herbarium room is fumigated. The specimens are kept in compact shelving cabinets and alphabetically arranged by families, genera and species.

Collection Data

Collection Name MGC-Briof
Collection Identifier 96bfeedc-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed
Curatorial Units Count 1,261 +/- 0 Sheets ,  Count 515 +/- 0 Taxa ,  Count 491 +/- 0 Species ,  Count 214 +/- 0 Genus ,  Count 88 +/- 0 Families

Bibliographic Citations

  1. PUBLICATIONS FROM THIS DATASET - García-Sánchez J, Cabezudo B (2014) El herbario MGC de la Universidad de Málaga. Boletín de la Asociación de Herbarios Ibero-Macaronésicos (AHIM) 16: 20-26.
  2. REFERENCES CITED WITHIN THE METADATA - Cabezudo B (Ed) (1975-2013) Acta Botanica Malacitana. (Periodicals). Vol. 1-37. ISSN 0210-9506. Electronic version ISSN 2340-5074. http://www.biolveg.uma.es/abm/abm.html - Guerra J, Cros R. M. (Coord.) (2006-). Flora Briofitica Ibérica. Sociedad Española de Briología. Murcia, España - Ortega-Maqueda I, Pando F (2008) DARWIN_TEST v3.2: Una aplicación para la validación y el chequeo de los datos en formato Darwin Core 1.2 or Darwin Core 1.4, Unidad de Coordinación de GBIF. ES, CSIC. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Madrid (Spain), http://www.gbif.es/Darwin_test/Darwin_test.php - Pando F et al. (1994-2010) HERBAR (3.7.1): A database application for herbarium management: http://www.gbif.es/herbar/herbar.php. Coordination Unit of GBIF. ES, CSIC. Ministry of Science and Innovation. Madrid, Spain.
  3. REFERENCES USED TO IDENTIFY DATASET SPECIMENS - Guerra J, Cros R. M. (Coord.) (2006-) Flora Briofitica Ibérica. Sociedad Española de Briología. Murcia, España
  4. SOME PUBLICATIONS BASED ON THIS DATASET - Guerra J (1980) Nota briológica I. Trabajos y Monografias 1: 29-36 - Guerra J, Ruiz de Clavijo E, Sergio C (1986) Sobre la distribución de Riella Helicophylla (Bory et Mont.) Mont en la Península Ibérica. Acta Botanica Malacitana 11:75-76 - Guerra J, Cano MJ, Jiménez JA, Gallego MT (2007) Novedades corológicas para la flora briofítica ibérica II. Anales de biología 29: 109-110 - Guerra J, Cano MJ, Gallego MT, Orgaz JD, Jiménez JA (2010) Novedades corológicas para la flora briofítica ibérica IV. Anales de biología 32: 95-99 - Guerra J, Cano MJ, Orgaz JD, Ríos D (2013) Novedades corológicas para la flora briofítica ibérica V. Anales de biología 35: 9-11 - Lasala EF (1983) El género" Crossidium" Jur. en la Península Ibérica; Islas Baleares, Canarias y Madeira. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 40(1): 29-35

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 96bfeedc-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
http://datos.gbif.es/collectory/public/show/co162
doi:10.15468/fcqlb1
https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=mgc_briof