Description
This dataset contains digitized records from the historical Herbarium of Biagio Bartalini, preserved at the Museo di Storia Naturale Accademia dei Fisiocritici (MFS) in Siena. The Herbarium documents the flora of the Siena province and nearby areas during the 18th century, offering a valuable botanical and historical perspective.
Original determinations by Bartalini are reported in the field verbatimIdentification. The currently accepted scientific names, based on modern taxonomic revision, are provided in the scientificName field. Geographical coordinates were not included in the GBIF dataset due to the high level of uncertainty regarding historical localities. Where possible, descriptive locality names were retained (locality field). The temporal coverage reflects the lifespan of Bartalini (1750–1822), although the specimens were most likely collected up until the end of the 18th century. Digital images of the Herbarium specimens are linked via the associatedMedia field.
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 675 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:
Fiaschi T, Barbato D, Benocci A, Fanfarillo E, Angiolini C (2025). Biagio Bartalini Historical Herbarium. Version 1.3. Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Accademia dei Fisiocritici. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=herbarium_bartalini&v=1.3
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Accademia dei Fisiocritici. 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: 545b898c-56fe-44f2-b24b-066ff8ec4496. Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Accademia dei Fisiocritici publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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- Piazzetta Silvio Gigli 2
Geographic Coverage
Central Tuscany, particularly the province of Siena (Italy), including areas such as the Crete Senesi, Montagnola Senese, and surrounding landscapes.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [42.924, 10.995], North East [43.6, 11.786] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
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| Kingdom | Fungi, Plantae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1750-02-03 / 1822-06-10 |
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Project Data
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| Title | Biagio Bartalini Historical Herbarium |
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The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
The Herbarium specimens were collected during the 18th century by Biagio Bartalini. No standardized sampling methodology was applied, as the specimens were gathered before the development of modern botanical survey protocols. The collection reflects opportunistic sampling and botanical exploration practices of the time.
| Study Extent | The study covers the flora of Siena and surrounding areas in Tuscany (Central Italy), based on Herbarium specimens collected during the 18th century by Biagio Bartalini. The geographic extent includes sites within the historical boundaries of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, although exact collection sites are often uncertain due to the historical nature of the records. |
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Method step description:
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Herbarium specimens were reviewed and original labels were transcribed. Where necessary, taxonomic names were updated according to current nomenclatural standards. Each specimen was digitized using high-resolution imaging. Metadata were compiled following the Darwin Core standard, and the dataset was published through the GBIF IPT (Integrated Publishing Toolkit).
Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | This project is funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.4 – Call for tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, as amended by Decree No. 3175 of 18 December 2021 of the Italian Ministry of University and Research. The funding is provided by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.<br data-start="926" data-end="929"> Project code: CN_00000033<br data-start="956" data-end="959"> Concession Decree: No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 (Italian Ministry of University and Research)<br data-start="1050" data-end="1053"> CUP: B63C22000650007<br data-start="1075" data-end="1078"> Project title: National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC) |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 545b898c-56fe-44f2-b24b-066ff8ec4496 |
| https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=herbarium_bartalini |