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Central Siberian Botanical Garden Herbarium (NS, NSK)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Kovtonyuk N, Han I, Gatilova E (2021). Central Siberian Botanical Garden Herbarium (NS, NSK). Version 1.5. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5wcerp accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-17.

Description

Herbarium collections are the most important source of scientific information about the distribution of objects in the past and the present, which allows simulation the dynamics of objects in the future. Only the herbarium sample reliably confirms the presence of the plant organism in a specific point of space in a certain period of time.

Herbarium collections and the data they hold are valuable for more traditional studies of taxonomy and systematic, but also for ecology, bioengineering, conservation, food security, and the human social and cultural elements of scientific collection. The value and universality of herbarium specimens are recognized in most countries, where national and large regional herbariums are actively developing and improving.

The creation of Virtual or Digital herbarium became a modern trend, stage of the inventory and modernization of herbarium collections of the leading Botanical institutions in the world. Our aim is to provide online access to CSBG SB RAS herbarium collections as a worldwide resource for biodiversity study. Writing the long-awaited “Flora of Russia” would be greatly accelerated in the presence of network centers of Digital herbarium collections of Botanical institutions in Russia.

The first herbarium at the Central Siberian Botanical Garden (CSBG SB RAS), Novosibirsk, Russia was organized in 1946. Now there are two herbarium collections in CSBG with their own acronyms and registrations in the Index Herbariorum (NSK and NS). Collection contains about 800,000 herbarium specimens of higher vascular plants, mosses, lichens and fungi sampled in Siberia, Russian Far East, Europe, Asia and America.

Purpose

Our aim is to provide online access to CSBG SB RAS herbarium collections as a worldwide resource for biodiversity study. Writing the long-awaited “Flora of Russia” would be greatly accelerated in the presence of network centers of Virtual herbarium collections of Botanical institutions in Russia.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The Digital Herbarium of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden of SB RAS began to be created on the taxonomic basis in 2017. Completely digitized herbarium specimens of genera Allium, Geranium, Medicago, Rhododendron, family Primulaceae, rare plants of Siberian flora, as well as type specimens of vascular plants stored in NS and NSK collections at the CSBG SB RAS.

Sampling

The digitization results are published in the open access as 8 datasets on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) portal using the Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) installed on the CSBG server.

Method steps

  1. Digitization is performed on two ObjectScan 1600 scanners (Microtek) using software ScanWizard-Botany and MiVapp-Botany according to the international standards, at 600 dpi, with a barcode, 24-color scale and spatial scale bar. The Digital Herbarium is created as a network resource on biodiversity, the materials of which can be used in GBIF, for taxonomic treatments in the preparation of “Flora of Russia”, in various types of scientific research and educational purposes.

Taxonomic Coverages

General dataset of digitized NS and NSK collections of the Central Siberian Botanical Gardens SB RAS contains 17460 specimens of 161 families excepting datasets with families Primulaceae, Geraniaceae, genera Allium, Medicago, Rhododendron and Nitraria komarovii, which were published earlier. 33 families with more than 100 specimens in each are listed.
  1. Equisetaceae
    rank: family
  2. Poaceae
    rank: family
  3. Asteraceae
    rank: family
  4. Fabaceae
    rank: family
  5. Boraginaceae
    rank: family
  6. Cystopteridaceae
    rank: family
  7. Cyperaceae
    rank: family
  8. Orchidaceae
    rank: family
  9. Ranunculaceae
    rank: family
  10. Typhaceae
    rank: family
  11. Rosaceae
    rank: family
  12. Athyriaceae
    rank: family
  13. Amaranthaceae
    rank: family
  14. Brassicaceae
    rank: family
  15. Salicaceae
    rank: family
  16. Plumbaginaceae
    rank: family
  17. Caryophyllaceae
    rank: family
  18. Ericaceae
    rank: family
  19. Lamiaceae
    rank: family
  20. Liliaceae
    rank: family
  21. Dryopteridaceae
    rank: family
  22. Apiaceae
    rank: family
  23. Betulaceae
    rank: family
  24. Orobanchaceae
    rank: family
  25. Papaveraceae
    rank: family
  26. Campanulaceae
    rank: family
  27. Iridaceae
    rank: family
  28. Juncaceae
    rank: family
  29. Pteridaceae
    rank: family
  30. Plantaginaceae
    rank: family
  31. Aspleniaceae
    rank: family
  32. Polygonaceae
    rank: family
  33. Gentianaceae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

In the dataset specimens from 37 countries of Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Australia are presented, most of them are from Russia.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Kovtonyuk N.K., Tomoshevich M.A., Banaev E.V. (2019). Typification of the name Nitraria komarovii (Nitrariaceae) // BOTANICA PACIFICA: A JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION V. 8. No 2. P. 115-118. - DOI: 10.17581/bp.2019.08210
  2. Kovtonyuk N.K., Han I.V., Gatilova E.A. Family Primulaceae in digital herbarium of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS // Rast. Mir Asian. Russia 2018, № 4 (32). С. 19-29. - DOI:10.21782/RMAR1995-2449-2018-4(19-29).
  3. Kovtonyuk N., Han I. and Gatilova E. Digitization of the herbarium specimens of higher vascular plants in the Central Siberian Botanical Garden // Skvortsovia, 2018. - Vol. 4 (3). - P. 100-111. - http://skvortsovia.uran.ru/2018/4302.pdf
  4. Kovtonyuk N., Han I., Gatilova E. (2019). Digital Herbarium Collections of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia. In: Bychkov I., Voronin V. (eds) Information Technologies in the Research of Biodiversity. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. – pp. 22–27. - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11720-7_4
  5. Kovtonyuk N.K., Han I.V., Gatilova E.A., Pshenichkina Yu.A. Digital Herbarium of the CSBG SB RAS in Global Biodiversity Information Facilities // Rast. Mir Asian. Russia 2019, № 4 (36). С. 68–73. - DOI: 10.21782/RMAR1995-2449-2019-4(68-73).
  6. Kovtonyuk, N.K.: Virtual herbarium collections as a resource for taxonomy and biodiversity study. Rast. Mir Asian. Russia 1(25), 98–104 (2017) - DOI:10.21782/RMAR1995-2449-2017-1(98-104).
  7. Kovtonyuk N, Han I, Gatilova E (2019). Family Primulaceae in Digital Herbaria of CSBG SB RAS (NSK). Version 1.7. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset - https://doi.org/10.15468/zw7jnn
  8. Kovtonyuk N, Han I, Gatilova E (2019). Family Primulaceae in Digital Herbaria of CSBG SB RAS (NS). Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset - https://doi.org/10.15468/be6owh
  9. Kovtonyuk N, Han I, Gatilova E, Friesen N (2019). Genus Allium in CSBG SB RAS herbarium collections (NS,NSK). Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e4hv2e - https://doi.org/10.15468/e4hv2e
  10. Kovtonyuk N, Han I, Gatilova E, Karakulov A (2019). Genus Rhododendron in Digital herbarium of CSBG SB RAS (NS, NSK). Version 1.2. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset - https://doi.org/10.15468/67ouin
  11. Kovtonyuk N, Han I, Gatilova E (2019). Genus Medicago (Fabaceae) in CSBG Herbarium collections (NS, NSK). Version 1.4. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset - https://doi.org/10.15468/jvrxeh
  12. Kovtonyuk N, Han I, Ovchinnikova S, Nikiforova O, Vlasova N, Shekhovtsova I, Doron′kin V, Troshkina V, Pinzhenina E, Belyaeva I, Eremin I (2019). Typotheca of the higher vascular plants stored in M.G. Popov Herbarium (NSK) at the Central Siberian botanical garden SB RAS. Version 1.5. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset - https://doi.org/10.15468/qdfdqq
  13. Tomoshevich M, Banaev E, Ak-Lama T, Kovtonyuk N, Han I (2019). Nitraria komarovii in the Digital herbarium of CSBG SB RAS (NSK). Version 1.2. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset - https://doi.org/10.15468/jp2qco

Contacts

Nataliya Kovtonyuk
originator
position: Head of research group USU-Herbarium CSBG
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
Telephone: +79529365495
email: knat2008@yandex.ru
homepage: https://csbg-nsk.ru/kovtonyuk_nk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-6634
Irina Han
originator
position: main engineer
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: irahan81@gmail.com
homepage: https://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8385-5247
Evgeniya Gatilova
originator
position: main specialist
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: zhenya_kl@mail.ru
homepage: https://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
Nataliya Kovtonyuk
metadata author
position: Head of research group USU-Herbarium CSBG
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
Telephone: +79529365495
email: knat2008@yandex.ru
homepage: https://csbg-nsk.ru/kovtonyuk_nk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-6634
Irina Han
metadata author
position: main engineer
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: irahan81@gmail.com
homepage: http://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8385-5247
Evgeniya Gatilova
metadata author
position: main specialist
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: zhenya_kl@mail.ru
homepage: http://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-0244
Nataliya Kovtonyuk
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Researcher
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: knat2008@yandex.ru
homepage: https://csbg-nsk.ru/kovtonyuk_nk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-6634
Irina Han
programmer
position: main engineer
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: irahan81@gmail.com
homepage: http://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8385-5247
Evgeniya Gatilova
processor
position: main specialist
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: zhenya_kl@mail.ru
homepage: http://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-0244
Nataliya Kovtonyuk
administrative point of contact
position: Head of research group USU-Herbarium CSBG
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
Telephone: +79529365495
email: knat2008@yandex.ru
homepage: https://csbg-nsk.ru/kovtonyuk_nk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-6634
Irina Han
administrative point of contact
position: main engineer
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: irahan81@gmail.com
homepage: http://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8385-5247
Evgeniya Gatilova
administrative point of contact
position: main specialist
Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS
Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101
Novosibirsk
630090
Novosibirskaya obl.
RU
email: zhenya_kl@mail.ru
homepage: http://csbg-nsk.ru/unu_herbarium
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-0244
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