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Sleeping giant – opening access to the untapped scientific data held in the Cambridge University Herbarium

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The Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) contains 1.1 million specimens of dried plants and fungi collected worldwide over three centuries. Herbaria are a fundamental resource for biodiversity and conservation research, as they represent an immense archive of plant material and associated data. They can be used to study plant systematics, biogeography, extinction risks, plant pathogens… There is currently a global push to mobilise the untapped data contained in herbaria. As part of this effort, I am identifying the “types” in CGE . These are specimens that were used to describe new plant species, and serve as reference material for the attached names. They are essential to taxonomic research, but often lay unrecognised in herbaria. I am identifying them by comparing information from taxonomic literature with the collection information associated with the specimens, and testing different approaches to optimise the process. Once identified, the types’ images and associated data will be made freely accessible online.

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