Description
This database gathers 10,721 specimens from vascular flora (angiosperms, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes) deposited in the Herbarium of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) en Chile. This botanical collection was started by the renowned botanist Otto Zöllner and represents a major natural history legacy for Central Chile, with decades of information represented through preserved specimens. This collection is currently deposited in the Curauma campus of the PUCV. This digitization effort is part of the PUCV to mobilize its biological collections and make them freely available through GBIF, encouraging national and international researchers to generate new knowledge based on this invaluable heritage, which is a silent witness of the vast plant diversity that once existed in Chile and that is now vanishing due to anthropogenic drivers.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 10,721 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Fonturbel F, Lopez-Aliste M, Cordero S, Gálvez F (2022): Vascular flora from the PUCV Herbarium. v1.5. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Dataset/Occurrence. https://gbif-chile.mma.gob.cl/ipt/resource?r=pucv_herbarium&v=1.5
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0f99f0f9-e32a-4deb-ad51-4e729dc9f274. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Chile.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact ●
- Principal Investigator
- Adjunct professor
- Av. Universidad 330
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-2816
- Metadata Provider ●
- Author ●
- Originator
- Database technician
- Av. Universidad 330
- Metadata Provider ●
- Curator ●
- Originator
- Aggregate professor
- Av. Universidad 330
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Reviewer
- Aggregate professor
- Av. Universidad 330
Geographic Coverage
This dataset contains preserved plant specimens from Chile and other countries.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-57.327, -82.969], North East [-5.616, -60.469] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
This database contains data on angiosperms, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1900-01-01 / 2019-12-31 |
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Project Data
Vascular flora from the PUCV Herbarium
| Title | Vascular flora from the PUCV Herbarium |
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| Identifier | PUCV_herbarium |
| Funding | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Plant samples collected throughout Chile, dried and preserved at the herbarium collection.
| Study Extent | This database contains the specimens recorded in the Herbarium collection held at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. This collection is the result of >50 years of work, initiated by Prof. Otto Zöllner and continued by many professors and students. |
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| Quality Control | Taxonomy updated with Taxon Match. |
Method step description:
- Database curation and check for taxonomy and accuracy.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 0f99f0f9-e32a-4deb-ad51-4e729dc9f274 |
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| https://gbif-chile.mma.gob.cl/ipt/resource?r=pucv_herbarium |