Digitization and the richness of Digitization and the richness of type specimens at the Paris type specimens at the Paris Herbarium - Herbarium - Pascale Chesselet & Jean-Noël Labat Pascale Chesselet & Jean-Noël Labat Muséum National d’Histoire Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Naturelle Paris, France Paris, France Spotlight on Spotlight on the Global Plants Initiative the Global Plants Initiative
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Digitization and the richness of type Digitization and the richness of type specimens at the Paris Herbarium -specimens at the Paris Herbarium -
Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleMuséum National d’Histoire NaturelleParis, FranceParis, France
Spotlight onSpotlight on the Global Plants Initiative the Global Plants Initiative
Global PlantsGlobal PlantsInitiativeInitiative
The aim of GPI:The aim of GPI:
To build a comprehensive online research To build a comprehensive online research tool aggregating and linking scholarly tool aggregating and linking scholarly botanical resources around the worldbotanical resources around the world
http://plants.jstor.org
International collaborationInternational collaboration148 institutes in 52 countries148 institutes in 52 countries
24 bit colour, 600 dpi, TiffOriginal scans ± 200 MegFlashpix technology ± 50-80 Meg – multiple versions of files within itselfFSI Viewer
High-Resolution Type Specimens and Supporting MaterialsHigh-Resolution Type Specimens and Supporting Materials
High resolutionHigh resolution
8 X what can be seen with the naked eye8 X what can be seen with the naked eye
Herbier NationalHerbier Nationalde Paris (P & PC)de Paris (P & PC)
Paris, Kew, New York, Geneva ………
11 million specimens
> 600 000 types
Vascular Plants & Cryptogams
Type specimen digitizationType specimen digitization
Search for typesVerification
Bar code Label data capture
Image scan
Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage to the Middle East 1700-17021700-1702
DataDissectionsDetailmeasurements
AnnotationsOriginal polynomial
Siphonia brasiliensis Willd. Triticum durum Desf.
Types of economically important plants
Total: 978 108 specimens digitized of which 120 773 are types