Richard Staniforth Herbarium (UWPG)

Rafael Otfinowski1, Mark Rondeau2

1 University of Winnipeg, 599 Portage Ave., R3B 2G3, Winnipeg; 2 University of Winnipeg, R3B 2G3, Winnipeg, Canada

Corresponding author(s): Rafael Otfinowski (r.otfinowski@uwinnipeg.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

Otfinowski R (2024). Richard Staniforth Herbarium (UWPG). Version 2.2. University of Winnipeg. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.5886/ptli1e http://doi.org/10.5886/ptli1e

Abstract

The R.J. Staniforth herbarium is located in room 2RC086 of the Richardson Science Complex, and contains ca. 7000 vascular plants specimens, mostly from Manitoba. The herbarium started as a small teaching collection with most specimens collected by professor Staniforth. Specimens collected by students of Flora of Manitoba and other courses with a field component have been added since.
Currently, the collection is being digitized and all label information is being entered into a database using Merlin, with guidance from professor René Belland (U. Calgary) and much help from work-study students and volunteers.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen, UWPG, Richard J. Staniforth Herbarium, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Occurrence

Project details

Project title: Richard J. Staniforth Herbarium Collection Digitization and Databasing
Personnel: Germán Avila
Funding: The University of Winnipeg

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This dataset includes all vascular plant specimens entered so far from the Richard J. Staniforth Herbarium that have been digitized, databased and geo-referenced. The top 3 families are to be determined upon completion.

Common names: Vascular plants

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Primarily the Flora of Manitoba
Coordinates: 37°42'36''N and 67°35'60''N Latitude; 134°38'24''W and 53°25'48''W Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: UWPG
Collection name: Richard J. Staniforth HERBARIUM
Collection identifier: UWPG
Formation period: 20th century-present
Specimen preservation method: Dried and pressed
Specimen preservation method: Mounted

Methods

Method step description: Data are entered into the main database through Merlin software, with all taxonomic nomenclature verified according to Vascan.
Study extent description: Digitization of vascular plants from the Richard J. Staniforth Herbarium, which are specimens collected mostly from Manitoba.
Sampling description: All data are manually digitized as text from the original labels of the specimens, which are later photographed at high resolution.
Quality control description: Records are corrected on an ad hoc basis.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Richard Staniforth Herbarium (UWPG)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/archive.do?r=uwpg-specimens
Publication date of data: 2024-01-10
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-02-12
Hierarchy level: Dataset