Marion Agnes Ayre Herbarium (NFLD)

Julissa Roncal1, Olivier Norvez2

1 Memorial University of Newfoundland, 232 Elizabeth Avenue, A1B 3X9, St. John's, Canada; 2 Centre sur la Biodiversité de l'Université de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke Est, H1X 2B2, Montreal, Canada

Corresponding author(s): Julissa Roncal (jroncal@mun.ca), Olivier Norvez (olivier.norvez@umontreal.ca)

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

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

Roncal J (2016): Marion Agnes Ayre Herbarium (NFLD). v1.2. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.5886/qi7bks http://doi.org/10.5886/qi7bks

Abstract

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

Keywords: Occurrence records, herbarium specimens, Newfoundland and Labrador, Specimen

General description

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.

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Betulaceae and Ericaceae
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Ericaceae, Betulaceae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Most specimens were collected in Canada
Coordinates: 42°16'12''N and 71°1'48''N Latitude; 142°21'36''W and 42°43'48''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 1882

Natural collections description

Collection name: Marion Agnes Ayre Herbarium
Collection identifier: NFLD
Specimen preservation method: Dried and pressed

Methods

Method step description: Examine specimen and annotation labels. New barcode accession numbers were assigned to every specimen (starting with NFLD000001)
Study extent description: Digitization of vascular plant specimens from the Marion Agnes Ayre Herbarium (NFLD)
Sampling description: 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 description: 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.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Marion Agnes Ayre Herbarium (NFLD)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/archive.do?r=nfld-specimens
Publication date of data: 2019-12-09
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-08-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset