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Index of Botanical Specimens

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Botanical Indexes

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Distribution and Use Policy

  • The data provided shall not to be redistributed without permission.
  • The data provided shall not to be made available for commercial or for-profit use.
  • The Harvard University Herbaria is not responsible for the use or misuse of the data provided.
  • The databases are made available with the understanding that their use will not lead to the detriment of wild species.

Acknowledgements

An initial database of approximately 11,000 publication records was provided by Deborah Kama and Nancy Morin from the TROPICOS database at the Missouri Botanical Garden. James Affleck of Rockledge Computer Systems, Inc. developed Advanced Revelation programs to import and export files and to process batch updates. Additional information in the publication records was entered and/or edited in the course of entering type specimen and Gray Card Index information by staff members of the Harvard University Herbaria and others:

  • James Beach
  • David Boufford
  • Linda Fahey
  • K.N.Gandhi
  • Paul Groff
  • Anthony Kirchgessner
  • Walter Kittredge
  • Nora Murphy
  • Gustavo Romero
  • Elizabeth Shaw
  • Leila Shultz
  • Benito Tan
  • Pamela White
  • Emily Wood

Other staff members who have contributed to the compilation and entry of data:

  • Anthony Brach
  • Gennaro Cacavio
  • Jessica Dolan
  • Wendy Duan
  • Lotties Fallas-CedeƱo
  • Irina Ferreras
  • Brian Franzone
  • Susan Kelley
  • Shawn Kenaley
  • Maureen Kerwin
  • Henry Kesner
  • Scott LaGreca
  • Genevieve Lewis-Gentry
  • Christine Liebson
  • Kristin McDonnell
  • Melinda Peters
  • Julie McIntosh Shapiro
  • Barbara Smiley
  • Margaret Soulman
  • Amber Swanson
  • Rebecca Wenk
  • Tim Whitfeld
  • Eileen Wozek
  • Sharon Yelton
  • Stephanie Zabel
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