Algae, Fungi and Plants — Combined minor collections (4 sections)
About this product
Overview
Algae, Fungi and Plants — Combined minor collections (4 sections) groups 47 collection units from 4 sections within the LS Algae, Fungi and Plants division (Life Sciences), covering an estimated 1,335,854 individual items held across 634,076 curatorial/storage units. Material is predominantly whole or partial organism (34 of 47 collection units), whole organisms (7 of 47 collection units), and partial organism (2 of 47 collection units). Geographic coverage is centred on World marine and terrestrial/freshwater, World terrestrial/freshwater, and North America. Preservation is mainly dried, dried and pressed, and microscope slide. Named taxa represented in this product include Bacillariophyceae, Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta, Pinales, and Tracheophyta, among others.
Value
Curatorial assessment rates this product highly on Strategy/mission/research, Significance by comparison, and Identification (avg. 3.9/5 across its top three scored dimensions), indicating it is well positioned for external licensing relative to other NHM holdings. Its breadth and depth of coverage make it suitable as a comprehensive reference dataset rather than a niche sample.
Use Cases
- training data for plant-identification and precision-agriculture computer-vision models
- herbarium specimen imagery for botanical illustration, publishing, and horticultural media
- reference datasets for taxonomic and phylogenetic research, and for tracking historical distribution/phenology
- content for gardening, conservation, and citizen-science apps
- academic and institutional research licensing (biodiversity, systematics, and comparative studies)
- comparative research, and as a dataset that is distinctive relative to equivalent holdings at other institutions
Assets (47)
Algal Wonder Bay
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Bottle collection – Wet specimens in bottles & vials
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Bound Volume and exsiccatae – Algae (misc groups)
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Boxed collection - Algae (excl. Diatoms)
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Bryophyte Microscope slides
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Bryophytes - Exsiccatae and other historical collections
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Bryophytes - Historical herbaria of Robert Brown and James Dickson
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Bryophytes - Historical non-incorporated collection
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Bryophytes - Recent (post-1950) non-incorporated collection
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Diatoms non-incorporated bottles
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Diatoms non-incorporated fossils
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Diatoms non-incorporated sheets
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Diatoms non-incorporated slides
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Fissidentaceae
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Fossil collection – Diatomite in boxes, packets and bottles
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General Herbarium - photographic collection I
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General Herbarium - photographic collection II
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General Herbarium - Seed collections
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Giant Sequoia
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Giant Sequoia slice
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H.N. Dixon British Moss Herbarium
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Hornworts
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Leafy hepatics
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Microscope glass slides – Batters collection
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Microscope glass slides – Freshwater algae
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Microscope glass slides – Marine algae
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Microscope glass slides – Schmitz collection
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Microscope slides – Adams collection
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Microscope slides – Firth-Hartley collection
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Microscope slides – Main collection
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Non-incorporated collections (sheets)
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Other Acrocarps
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Pleurocarps
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Polytrichaceae
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SEM stubs collection – SEM preparations on metal stubs
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Sheet Collection – Charophytes
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Sheet collection – Chlorophyta (green algae excl Charophytes)
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Sheet collection – Cyanobacteria
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Sheet collection – Other algae (Chrysophytes, Xanthophytes, Haptophytes, Euglenoids)
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Sheet collection – Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta (brown algae)
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Sheet collection – Rhodophyta (red algae)
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Sheets collection – Dried specimens on paper, mica or glass
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Sphagnaceae
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Spirit Collection – Freshwater algae
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Spirit Collection – Marine algae
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Strewn slides collection – Dried specimens on glass or mica
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Thallose hepatics
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