Dataset on reference specimens of medicinal plants collected under ORSTOM field works and conserved at the CNARP herbarium

Roland RAKOTONDRAJAONA

doi:10.15468/kl5zzi

Dataset on reference specimens of medicinal plants collected under ORSTOM field works and conserved at the CNARP herbarium

Citation

RAKOTONDRAJAONA R, RAKOTONANDRASANA S, RANAIVO J, RANDRIAMBANONA H (2018). Dataset on reference specimens of medicinal plants collected under ORSTOM field works and conserved at the CNARP herbarium. Version 1.1. Madagascar Biodiversity Information Facility (MadBIF). Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/kl5zzi accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-18.

Description

This dataset concerns medicinal plant specimens collected under medicinal plants census program carried out by the medicinal plants section of the ORSTOM In between 1962 to 1972, the medicinal plants section of the ORSTOM carried out in Madagascar an intensive research and collected a large amount of plant specimens for reference. By the end of the program, these specimens were handed to CNARP as the national reference institution for medicinal plants at the end of the program.

Purpose

to document the dataset

Taxonomic Coverages

Plantae; Tracheophyta

Plantae
common name: Plants rank: kingdom
Tracheophyta
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

This dataset concerns specimens collected throughout the Malagasy territory

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Roland RAKOTONDRAJAONA
originator
position: Researcher
CNARP
Rue RAHAJARIZAFY RP Ambodivoanjo
Antananariov
101
Analamanga
Telephone: +261 20 428 01
email: rolandrakotondrajaona@yahoo.fr

Stéphan RAKOTONANDRASANA
metadata author
position: Curator
CNARP
Rue RAHAJARIZAFY RP Ambodivoanjo
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG
Telephone: +261 20 428 01
email: stephanandrasana@yahoo.fr

Jaona RANAIVO
metadata author
position: Researcher
MadBIF
Po. Box 1739
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
Telephone: +261 33 772 79
email: ranaivo_jaona@yahoo.fr

Herizo RANDRIAMBANONA
metadata author
position: MadBIF node manager
MadBIF
Po. Box 1739
Antananarivo
101
Antananarivo
MG
Telephone: +261 34 60 384 86
email: zombanona@yahoo.fr

Jaona Ranaivo
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
MadBIF
Po. Box 39
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG
Telephone: +261 33 772 79
email: ranaivo_jaona@yahoo.fr

Stéphan RAKOTONANDRASANA
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
CNARP
Rue RAHAJARIZAFY RP Ambodivoanjo
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG
Telephone: +261 20 428 01
email: stephanandrasana@yahoo.fr

Roland RAKOTONANDRAJAONA
administrative point of contact
position: Researchere
CNARP
Rue RAHAJARIZAFY RP Ambodivoanjo
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG
Telephone: +261 20 428 01
email: rolandrakotondrajaona@yahoo.fr