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TRTE Herbarium (TRTE)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Stefanovic S (2022). TRTE Herbarium (TRTE). Version 9.2. University of Toronto Mississauga. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5886/b5umch2s accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-11.

Description

The TRTE Herbarium is administered and overseen by the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto at Mississauga. Our herbarium, founded in 1969, houses about 95,000 specimens of vascular plants, including the extensive collections of Paul F. Maycock and Peter W. Ball. Geographically, the herbarium’s main focus is on vascular plant specimens from Ontario, but important collections are also available from Québec and the Canadian high Arctic. Small quantities of specimens are available from all other regions of Canada, United States, Western Australia, New Zealand, and West Africa (Nigeria, Sierra Leone). Taxonomically, our herbarium is particularly strong in its representation of sedges (genus Carex), mainly from eastern Canada and, to a lesser extent, from elsewhere in Canada and the United States.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Digitization of specimens from the TRTE Herbarium with a strong representation of sedges (genus Carex), mainly from eastern Canada and, to a lesser extent, from elsewhere in Canada and the United States.

Sampling

All specimens were manually digitized using an EPSON Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner into .jpg files. Data from these high resolution scans were then entered into the database.

Quality Control

Database entries were corrected manually.

Method steps

  1. Each specimen was labelled using a unique barcode (ex. TRTE0000001). These specimens were then scanned using an EPSON Expression 10000XL scanner. Information from the labels on the specimens were then entered manually into the database.

Taxonomic Coverages

The dataset is primarily composed of the entire Carex collection within the TRTE Herbarium which have all been digitized and databased.
  1. Plantae
    common name: Plants rank: kingdom
  2. Equisetopsida
    common name: Vascular Plants rank: class
  3. Cyperaceae
    rank: family
  4. Rosaceae
    rank: family
  5. Thymelaeaceae
    rank: family
  6. Carex
    common name: Sedge rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

Geographically, the herbarium’s main focus is on vascular plant specimens from Ontario, but important collections are also available from Québec and the Canadian high Arctic. Small quantities of specimens are available from all other regions of Canada, United States, Western Australia, New Zealand, and West Africa (Nigeria, Sierra Leone). There are also some smaller collections within the herbarium that stem from research initiatives across the globe.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sasa Stefanovic
originator
position: Director- TRTE Herbarium
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N
Mississauga
L5L 1C6
Ontario
CA
Telephone: (905)569-4455
email: sasa.stefanovic@utoronto.ca
homepage: http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/people/stefanovic-sasa
Sasa Stefanovic
metadata author
position: Director - TRTE Herbarium
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N
Mississauga
L5L 1C6
Ontario
CA
Telephone: (905) 569-4455
email: sasa.stefanovic@utoronto.ca
homepage: http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/people/stefanovic-sasa
Sasa Stefanovic
custodian steward
position: Director - TRTE Herbarium
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N
Mississauga
L5L 1C6
Ontario
CA
Telephone: (905) 569-4455
email: sasa.stefanovic@utoronto.ca
homepage: http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/people/stefanovic-sasa
Kathleen Buck
content provider
position: Research Assistant
University of Toronto Mississauga
Toronto
Ontario
CA
email: kathleen.buck@utoronto.ca
Tara Nicholls
content provider
position: Research Assistant
University of Toronto Mississauga
Toronto
Ontario
CA
email: taranicholls@yahoo.com
publisher
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N
Mississauga
L5L 1C6
Ontario
CA
Sasa Stefanovic
administrative point of contact
position: Director - TRTE Herbarium
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N
Mississauga
L5L 1C6
Ontario
CA
Telephone: (905) 569-4455
email: sasa.stefanovic@utoronto.ca
homepage: http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/people/stefanovic-sasa
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