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
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 7,170 records.
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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
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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] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Angiosperms, gymnosperms, lycophytes, algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichen
| Kingdom | Plantae, Fungi |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 1750-1856 |
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| Living Time Period | 1750-1856 |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | e4c7e3cc-f4f9-49df-be45-e1732014b6b8 |
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| http://www.gbif.se/ipt/resource?r=sbt-herbarium |