University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Bryophytes Collection

Karen Golinski1, Mark Pitblado2, Jeannette Whitton3

1 University of British Columbia Herbarium, 2212 Main Mall, V6T 1Z4, Vancouver, Canada; 2 Beaty Biodiversity Museum, 2212 Main Mall, V6T 1Z4, Vancouver, Canada; 3 University of British Columbia Herbarium, 6270 University Boulevard, V6T 1Z4, Vancouver, Canada

Corresponding author(s): Karen Golinski (karen.golinski@ubc.ca), Mark Pitblado (mark.pitblado@ubc.ca)

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Resource Citation

University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Bryophytes Collection. http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/5rr9fbb6 (consulted on [date]) doi:10.5886/5rr9fbb6

Abstract

The UBC bryophyte collection houses mosses, liverworts, and hornworts and is a tribute to the career of Dr. Wilf Schofield, who came to UBC in 1960. Professor Schofield was the first bryologist hired at a Canadian university. When he started at UBC, the collection included roughly 3,000 specimens. As a result of Dr. Schofield’s efforts and those of his students and post-doctoral researchers, the collection has grown to over 250,000 specimens, a considerable legacy. After his retirement, Dr. Schofield continued his research, up to the month before his passing in November 2008. He was such an avid collector that his specimens will continue to be processed and added to the collection for some time. - See more at: http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/herbarium-bryophytes#sthash.pjK2COJK.dpuf

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen, UBC, University of British Columbia Herbarium, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Canadensys, Canada, British Columbia, collection, herbarium, specimens, bryophytes, Occurrence

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The genera with the most comprehensive representation are: Mosses; Andreaea, Grimmia, Hygrohypnum, Hypnum, Hylocomium, Isothecium, Philonotis, Racomitrium, Rhytidiadelphus, Sanionia, Schistidium, Sphagnum, Takakia, Tetraphis, Tetrodontium and Hepatics; Anastrophyllum, Diplophyllum, Gymnomitrion, Lophozia (s.l.), Marsupella, Plagiochila, Ptilidium, Scapania.
Type specimens : 220
Taxonomic ranks
Genus: Andreaea

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The major representation is for British Columbia and adjacent states of the United States: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona, in particular. Strong representation is also true for the Atlantic provinces of Canada, largely through R.J. Belland. For Europe the collection has modest holdings; for Australia and New Zealand the collections are representative, but not extensive. The same is true for Japan, Taiwan, and the Hawaiian Islands. The lowest representation is for Africa and South America. - See more at: http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/herbarium-bryophytes#sthash.pjK2COJK.dpuf
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: UBC
Collection name: UBC Herbarium
Collection identifier: UBC
Formation period: early 1900s - present
Specimen preservation method: Mounted

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Bryophytes Collection
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/archive.do?r=ubc-bryophytes
Publication date of data: 2024-04-02
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2014-09-12
Hierarchy level: Dataset