Type collections of Ebenaceae at Herbarium Bogoriense (BO), Indonesia

Study Extent

Collections of Ebenaceae at Herbarium Bogoriense (BO)

Sampling

The collection data extracted from the IBIS, particularly the taxonomic information of the collections, i.e. scientific name, the type status(holotype, isotype, type, etc), and ensure as type or general collection. Re-identifcation is taken placed on the several selected species. Validation of the taxonomic information was then followed by the viewing and matching of the data with collection labels done by the herbarium assistants. While working on this stage, herbarium assistants find out and add the unrecorded collections.

Quality Control

Curatorial works are under controlled by the Project Coordinator and Project assistant.

Method steps

1. The program conduct 4 main activities: validating taxonomic identification, databasing, imaging, and georeferencing data. Cleaning data and publishing data are conducted as well.

The type collections of Ebenaceae were mostly collected from Indonesia, and from several other countries, ie. Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, etc.