VIRTUAL HERBARIUM COLLECTIONS AS A RESOURCE FOR TAXONOMY AND BIODIVERSITY STUDY
N.K. Kovtonyuk
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, SB RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, Zolotodolinskaya str., 101
nkovtonyuk@csbg.nsc.ru
Keywords: биоразнообразие, виртуальные гербарные коллекции, базы данных, таксономия, Primula, Primulaceae, biodiversity, virtual herbarium collections, databases, taxonomy, Primula, Primulaceae
Abstract
The article presents a brief overview of the largest virtual herbarium collections of the world. The possibility of using the open databases for biodiversity and taxonomy study on the example of the genus Primula L. ( Primula ceae ) is discussed.
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