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[Tom Wendt]

Folks, I'm posting this for Jose Panero, associate director of the
University of Texas herbaria.  Please direct any queries to him.  Thanks.
Tom Wendt
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Dear friends:

The TEX, LL herbaria of the University of Texas at Austin has started
producing digital images  with the aim of complementing the label
information contained in our Mexican Vascular Plant Database project.   The
pilot study started with the family Lauraceae for which all available
specimens in the collection will be photographed.  For most families there
will be 2 images/species.  The rationale for producing these images is to
accelerate data capture by Mexican colleagues at CONABIO, as well as
enhancing the value of our collection and database.  The next family to be
"imaged" will be the Asteraceae and subsequently, the type collection.  The
images can be viewed at:

http://solandra.botany.utexas.edu/mexdat/Images.htm

and in a few months these images will be also available through REMIB queries.


Sincerely,


Jose L. Panero
panero at mail.utexas.edu
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Jose L. Panero
School of Biological Sciences
Section of Integrative Biology
The University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
USA
Ph: 512 232-2796 or 232-1990
Fax: 512 232-3402
E-mail: paneroj at uts.cc.utexas.edu
or panero at mail.utexas.edu