University of Lethbridge Herbarium (LEA)

John Bain1, Jacob Cameron2, Jacob Cameron2

1 University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, T1K 3M4, Lethbridge, Canada; 2 University of Lethbridge Library, T1K 3M4, Lethbridge, Canada

Corresponding author(s): John Bain (bain@uleth.ca)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

University of Lethbridge Herbarium (LEA). http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/wrt547hq (accessed on [date]). doi:10.5886/wrt547hq

Abstract

The University of Lethbridge Herbarium was founded shortly after 1968 by Job Kuijt, primarily as a teaching collection representative of the local flora. The herbarium houses the reference collection that forms the foundation for Kuijt's 1982 book A Flora of Waterton Lakes National Park and also numerous Packera collections by J.F. Bain.  The collection currently includes over 20,000 specimens of vascular plants and remains an important research tool for botanists, students and the general public.

Keywords: LEA, University of Lethbridge herbarium, University of Lethbridge, Canadensys, Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria, Canada, Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, herbarium, specimens, collection, Packera, Specimen

Data published through GBIF: http://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=lea-specimens

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: vascular plants

Common names: Tracheophytes

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: most specimens are part of the local southern Alberta flora, especially the flora of Waterton Lakes National Park.  Limited coverage of western North America
Coordinates: 33°15'36''N and 62°51'0''N Latitude; 136°33'36''W and 104°15'36''W Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: not applicable
Collection name: University of Lethbridge herbarium
Collection identifier: LEA
Formation period: 1968-current
Specimen preservation method: Dried and pressed
Curatorial unit: Between 20000 and 25000 (sheets)

Methods

Method step description: not applicable
Study extent description: digitization of all specimens from the University of Lethbridge herbarium (LEA).
Sampling description: All sheets were photographed and label data manually digitized from sheet photos.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive University of Lethbridge Herbarium (LEA)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://data.canadensys.net/ipt/archive.do?r=lea-specimens
Publication date of data: 2016-02-15
Language: English
Licences of use: To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode">Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</a>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: U. of L. Herbarium and Plant Resources
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: http://scholar.ulethbridge.ca/bain/pages/home

Dataset description
Object name: Canadensys Explorer
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: http://data.canadensys.net/explorer/en/resources/lea-specimens

Dataset description
Object name: GBIF data portal
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/5678b0b3-450b-4513-82e1-2b32c3c50b54

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-09-18
Hierarchy level: Dataset