Herbarium collection of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso (PUCV), Chile.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This database gathers 10,721 specimens, belonging to 2,578 species from the Chilean vascular flora (angiosperms, gymnosperms and pteridophytes) deposited in the Herbarium of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) in Chile. The PUCV botanical collection was started by the renowned botanist Otto Zöllner and represents a major natural historical legacy for central Chile, with decades of information represented through preserved specimens. This collection is currently deposited in the Curauma campus of the PUCV. This digitisation effort is part of the PUCV's endeavour to mobilise its biological collections and make them freely available through GBIF, encouraging national and international researchers to generate new knowledge, based on this invaluable herit

SUBMITTER: Cordero S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836566 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature