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UAM Herbarium (ALA), Vascular Plant Collection (Arctos)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Ickert-Bond S (2023). UAM Herbarium (ALA), Vascular Plant Collection (Arctos). Version 38.78. University of Alaska Museum of the North. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/iawody accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-22.

Description

The Herbarium (ALA) at the University of Alaska Museum is the major regional herbarium in Alaska and part of a network of similar collections with an interest in the origin and evolution of the circumpolar flora. ALA contains more than 260,000 specimens of vascular and non-vascular plants. Data for the Vascular Plant and Cryptogam collections are managed separately in Arctos. Much of our understanding of Ice Age Beringia is based on botanical specimens, the largest collection of which is housed at ALA. Our recent acquisition from Iowa State University of the J. P. Anderson Collection (32,000 specimens on permanent loan) forms a significant part of this story. This collection of arctic and boreal plants, which contains 67 nomenclatural type specimens, formed the basis for much of Anderson’s seminal work, The Flora of Alaska. The botanical collection also includes plants from other states, Canada, Greenland, Fennoscandia, Japan, and Russia and provides a basis for teaching and research. Our botanical collection can be viewed and searched through the Arctos database and includes high resolution images of 163,000 herbarium sheets, online representation of 190,000 holdings, and inclusion of all holdings in an object-tracking system (barcode labeling).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Magnoliopsida
  2. Liliopsida
  3. Filicopsida
  4. Lycopodiopsida
  5. Equisetopsida
  6. Pinopsida
  7. Lecanoromycetes
  8. Ascomycetes
  9. Bryopsida
  10. Sphagnopsida
  11. Polypodiopsida
  12. Hepatopsida
  13. Gnetopsida
  14. Marchantiopsida
  15. Charophyceae
  16. Monogenea
  17. Ginkgoopsida

Geographic Coverages

The UAM Herbarium (ALA) Vascular Plant Collection is global, with strongest holdings from Alaska.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Steffi Ickert-Bond
originator
position: Curator of the Herbarium (ALA)
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6277
email: smickertbond@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.frontierbotany.info
Steffi Ickert-Bond
metadata author
position: Curator of the Herbarium (ALA)
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6277
email: smickertbond@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.frontierbotany.info
Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Jordan Metzgar
point of contact
position: Collection Manager, Herbarium
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-7109
email: jsmetzgar@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/herb/staff/
Alan Batten
point of contact
position: Research Associate, Herbarium
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-7109
email: fnarb@uaf.edu
homepage: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/herb/staff/
Steffi Ickert-Bond
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of the Herbarium (ALA)
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks
99775-6960
AK
US
Telephone: (907) 474-6277
email: smickertbond@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.frontierbotany.info
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