UPNG Natural History Collection Plant Family Acanthaceae to Anacardiaceae

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Centre for biodiversity and natural products (CBNP), University of Papua New Guinea on Aug 28, 2023 Centre for biodiversity and natural products (CBNP), University of Papua New Guinea
Publication date:
28 August 2023
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Description

UPNG Herbarium houses about 24 000 plant specimens. Most collections are from Papua New Guinea and in particular Central Province. The herbarium functions as a teaching collection for students enrolled in Botany courses at the University of Papua New Guinea.

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 327 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Gagul J (2023). UPNG Natural History Collection Plant Family Acanthaceae to Anacardiaceae. Version 1.5. Centre for biodiversity and natural products (CBNP), University of Papua New Guinea. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=upng_plant_collection_fam_a&v=1.5

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Centre for biodiversity and natural products (CBNP), University of Papua New Guinea. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 70eea0dd-92cb-4e40-b8cc-3c3913641277.  Centre for biodiversity and natural products (CBNP), University of Papua New Guinea publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Janet Gagul
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Researcher
Centre for Biodiversity & Natural Products, University of Papua New Guinea
  • P.O. Box 320 University Post Office
121 Port Moresby
National Capital District
PG
  • +675 3267224

Geographic Coverage

N/A

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Project Data

The Centre for Biodiversity and Natural Products, University of Papua New Guinea, comprises four taxonomically important collections: Herbarium (23, 933 plant specimens), Entomology (14, 000 insect specimens), Zoology (Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles (13, 900 specimens), and the PNG National Fish Collection (c. 10, 000 specimens), the majority of which have significant historic value. Currently, our collections are scattered in different databases with no standard format. We are employing traditional database systems such as record cards or catalog systems, and these databases are stored digitally in MS access or excel spreadsheets.

Title Mobilization and digitization of natural history collections at the University of Papua New Guinea
Identifier BID-PA2020-009-INS
Funding The Centre for Biodiversity and Natural Products, University of Papua New Guinea is a member of the GBIF, which recently received funding to make available online the resources held by its collections.
Study Area Description The Centre for Biodiversity and Natural Products, University of Papua New Guinea, houses Natural History collections from within Papua New Guinea.
Design Description The data mobilization and digitization project involves training for data entry, data cleaning, data standardization, and data management. Currently, each collection operates independently with its own databasing system—mostly as record cards/catalogs or simple digital records using Microsoft Access or MS Excel. The project aims to organize all these collections and employ a standard databasing system, by standardizing the record cards/catalogs, specimen images, and geo-referencing. Final year students from the University of Papua New Guinea will be engaged as part of their job training and capacity building, to enter data in the respective collections. Project members in each collection will undergo data enhancement training.

The personnel involved in the project:

Janet Gagul
  • Point Of Contact

Sampling Methods

Data entry, data cleaning, and data standardization of the Natural History Collections at the University of Papua New Guinea.

Study Extent The Natural History Collection houses specimens from Papua New Guinea.
Quality Control Data cleaning using Darwin Core Terms.

Method step description:

  1. Data cleaning and data standardization.

Collection Data

Collection Name The Natural History Collection, University of Papua New Guinea
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 70eea0dd-92cb-4e40-b8cc-3c3913641277
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