The Bergius Herbarium
Citation
Shah M, Wikström N (2016). The Bergius Herbarium. Version 1.1. GBIF-Sweden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mqwnmj accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-08-14.Description
The Bergius Herbarium is the Bergius Foundations historical collection. It consists mainly of P.J. Bergius own collection with some additions made by the two first Professor Bergiani, O. Swartz and J.E. Wikström. The last accessions were made in 1856. The Bergius Herbarium includes specimens of angiosperms, gymnosperms, algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens, including some type specimens. Important collectors are C.P. Thunberg, M. Grubb, D. Rolander, P. Osbeck, C.H. Wänman, C.G. Ekeberg, and O. Swartz. There are some 18000 specimens in the Bergius Herbarium, of which about 7200 are included in the dataset.Taxonomic Coverages
Angiosperms, gymnosperms, lycophytes, algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichen
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Plantaerank: kingdom
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Fungirank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Specimens mainly from South Africa, West Indies, North America, South America, East Asia, and Europe
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Manash Shahoriginator
position: Database Developer
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: manash.shah@nrm.se
Niklas Wikström
metadata author
position: Researcher / Bioinfomatician
The Bergius Foundation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
SE
email: niklas@bergianska.se
Niklas Wikström
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher / Bioinfomatician
The Bergius Foundation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm
SE
email: niklas@bergianska.se
Anders Telenius
administrative point of contact
position: Node manager
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: anders.telenius@nrm.se