Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium (NFLD)

Julissa Roncal

doi:10.5886/qi7bks

Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium (NFLD)

Citation

Roncal J, Norvez O (2020). Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium (NFLD). Version 1.4. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5886/qi7bks accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

This collection contains approximately 60,000 bryophyte specimens, representing the most complete collection for Newfoundland and Labrador, and ranking within the top five bryophyte collections in Canada. The collection also contains approximately 40,000 vascular plant specimens, of which over 90% were collected in Newfoundland and Labrador. It houses the original collections of earlier plant explorers in the province like Agnes Ayres and Earnest Rouleau, who founded the herbarium with the sponsorship of the NL Government in the late 1940’s to early 1950’s

Purpose

Supports research and teaching activities at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The resource is also available to the local government, the private industry sector and the general public.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Digitization of vascular plant specimens from the Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium (NFLD)

Sampling

Data is manually digitized as text from specimen labels into the Symbiota Portal administered by the Consortium of North Eastern Herbaria. Specimens are not always georeferenced. Specimens are given an identification by the collector in the field, and sometimes these identifications are revised by experts. Scientific names and authors are verified in the Symbiota portal.

Quality Control

A visual quality control of the data is conducted for every batch of specimens entered. Specimens are validated before data-basing to ensure identification accuracy.

Method steps

Examine specimen and annotation labels. New barcode accession numbers were assigned to every specimen (starting with NFLD000001)

Taxonomic Coverages

Ericaceae
rank: family
Asteraceae
Plantaginaceae
Lamiaceae
Orobanchaceae
Rosaceae
Primulaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Boraginaceae
Campanulaceae
Viburnaceae
Rubiaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Salicaceae

Geographic Coverages

Most specimens were collected in Canada

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Julissa Roncal
originator
position: Assistant Professor and Curator
Memorial University of Newfoundland
232 Elizabeth Avenue
St. John's
A1B 3X9
NL
CA
Telephone: 1 709 864 2241
email: jroncal@mun.ca
homepage: https://julissaroncal.wordpress.com/about-me-2/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user==daSOqlAAAAAJ&hl=en

Olivier Norvez
metadata author
position: Research Officer
Centre sur la Biodiversité de l'Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke Est
Montreal
H1X 2B2
QC
CA
Telephone: 1 514 343 2142
email: olivier.norvez@umontreal.ca
homepage: http://canadensys.net/

Olivier Norvez
user
position: Research Officer
Centre sur la Biodiversité de l'Université de Montréal
4101 rue Sherbrooke Est
Montreal
H1X 2B2
QC
CA
email: olivier.norvez@umontreal.ca
homepage: http://www.canadensys.net/

Julissa Roncal
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Professor and Curator
Memorial University of Newfoundland
232 Elizabeth Avenue
St. John's
A1B 3X9
NL
CA
Telephone: 1 709 864 2241
email: jroncal@mun.ca
homepage: https://julissaroncal.wordpress.com/about-me-2/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user==daSOqlAAAAAJ&hl=en