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GBIF Type Specimen Names

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Citation

Döring M (2017). GBIF Type Specimen Names. GBIF Secretariat. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sl9pyf accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-12.

Description

A checklist of names extracted from all GBIF type specimen with parsable names. The list uses the verbatim, original data not interpreted by GBIF with the exception of the name itself which is parsed using the GBIF Name Parser. The detailed procedure can be found at https://github.com/gbif/type-specimen-checklist.

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Contacts

Markus Döring
originator
GBIF Secretariat
email: mdoering@gbif.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-1889
Markus Döring
metadata author
GBIF Secretariat
email: mdoering@gbif.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-1889
Markus Döring
administrative point of contact
GBIF Secretariat
email: mdoering@gbif.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-1889
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