VIT Herbarium - Vascular Plants (The Natural History Museum of Alava)

Occurrence
Latest version published by Natural History Museum of Alava (Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava / Arabako Natura Zientzien Museoa) on May 12, 2023 Natural History Museum of Alava (Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava / Arabako Natura Zientzien Museoa)

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Description

VIT herbarium-Vasculars (Ferns and Phanerogams) contains ca. 139.000 sheets belonging to ca. 9.650 taxones. It contains 119 types. 70% of this collection is computerized. It was founded in 1975 by Pedro Uribe-Echebarría and Luis Antonio Pérez de Heredia, most of its specimens have been collected since then, but it also holds two historical herbaria, one dating from the XVIIIth century (Lorenzo Prestamero's herbarium) and the other from the XIXth century (José María de Lacoizqueta's herbarium).

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Infante Sánchez M, Heras Pérez P (2014): VIT Herbarium - Vascular Plants (The Natural History Museum of Alava). v1.5. Natural History Museum of Alava (Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava/Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa). Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=vit-vasculares&v=1.5

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Natural History Museum of Alava (Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava / Arabako Natura Zientzien Museoa). 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: 9f6f3c1c-b8b2-4d1d-be3e-36217e1cb9b8.  Natural History Museum of Alava (Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava / Arabako Natura Zientzien Museoa) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Spain.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Marta Infante Sánchez
  • Originator
  • associate curator
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava/Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
  • Siervas de Jesús 24
E-01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Álava
ES
  • + 34 945 181924
Patxi Heras Pérez
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava/Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
  • Siervas de Jesús 24
E-01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Álava
ES
  • +34945181924
Jesús Alonso Ramírez
  • Custodian Steward
  • Custodian - director
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava/Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
  • Siervas de Jesús 24
E-01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Álava
ES
  • + 34 945 181924
Jesús Alonso Ramírez
  • Custodian Steward
  • Director
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava/Arabako Natur Zientzien Museoa
  • Siervas de Jesús 24
E-01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Álava
ES
  • + 34 945 181924

Geographic Coverage

Best represented geographic areas: Spain (Basque region, Ebro valley, Aragón, Iberian Range, Cantabrian Range, Pyrenees). Others: Europe (France, Great Britain), Africa (Morocco), South America (Brazil, Peru).

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 1975-current

Collection Data

Collection Name VIT -Vasculares
Collection Identifier VIT-Vasculares
Parent Collection Identifier VIT Herbarium
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed
Curatorial Units Count 139,000 +/- 200 sheets

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 9f6f3c1c-b8b2-4d1d-be3e-36217e1cb9b8
doi:10.15468/tqcbr0
https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=vit-vasculares