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[Mary Barkworth]

But that is what GBIF offers. The problem is that many herbaria, even
herbaria that are databasing, do not provide information to GBIF.  There
are problems - but these are inherent in bringing together records from
multiple institutions, some of which may have had the specimens one is
interested reviewed recently, others of which may not have had them
reciew since they were firt collected, possibly several decades earlier.
Mary

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I think TROPICOS is fantastic, I use it all the time. The obvious
improvement though would be to have it connected with databases of other
big herbaria. This means you need a working list but this shouldn't be
publicised as a definitive or official list. The focus shouldn't be on
the list but on making the databases (a) available and (b) integrated so
that, for example, a single map can be produced including specimens from
the different collections (cf. the Australian National Botanic Gardens
site).   
 
Michael Heads

Wellington, New Zealand.

My papers on biogeography are at: http://tiny.cc/RiUE0


      
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