The Bergius Herbarium

Occurrence
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Publication date:
20 April 2023
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GBIF-Sweden
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CC0 1.0

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Description

The Bergius Herbarium is the Bergius Foundations historical collection. It consists mainly of P.J. Bergius own collection with some additions made by the two first Professor Bergiani, O. Swartz and J.E. Wikström. The last accessions were made in 1856. The Bergius Herbarium includes specimens of angiosperms, gymnosperms, algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens, including some type specimens. Important collectors are C.P. Thunberg, M. Grubb, D. Rolander, P. Osbeck, C.H. Wänman, C.G. Ekeberg, and O. Swartz. There are some 18000 specimens in the Bergius Herbarium, of which about 7200 are included in the dataset.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Wikström N (2016): The Bergius Herbarium. v1.2. Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=sbt-herbarium

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is GBIF-Sweden. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e4c7e3cc-f4f9-49df-be45-e1732014b6b8.  GBIF-Sweden publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Sweden.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Historical herbarium; Angiosperms; Type; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Niklas Wikström
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Botanist/Garden Curator
Bergius Botanic Garden
Stockholm
SE

Geographic Coverage

Specimens mainly from South Africa, West Indies, North America, South America, East Asia, and Europe

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

Taxonomic Coverage

Angiosperms, gymnosperms, lycophytes, algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichen

Kingdom Plantae, Fungi

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 1750-1856
Living Time Period 1750-1856

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers e4c7e3cc-f4f9-49df-be45-e1732014b6b8
https://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=sbt-herbarium