LISU Lichen collection

Herbarium LISU was established in 1839 as part of Escola Politécnica, but its collections include earlier material from the Ajuda Royal Cabinet The Lichen Collection available through this resource includes about 3540 records of preserved specimens from Portugal, maintained at the LISU Herbarium, and collected from the period 1848-2007. The total number of lichen specimens existing in the herbarium is about 51000, and includes the Carlos N. Tavares collection. The digitising process is ongoing, which will result in new additions to this resource in the near future.

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Identification

Alternate Identifier
10.15468/5yoywc
Alternate Identifier
85bcaab2-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a
Alternate Identifier
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=lisu_lichen
Alternate Identifier
1592
Publication Date
2020-11-22
Title
LISU Lichen collection
Abstract
Herbarium LISU was established in 1839 as part of Escola Politécnica, but its collections include earlier material from the Ajuda Royal Cabinet The Lichen Collection available through this resource includes about 3540 records of preserved specimens from Portugal, maintained at the LISU Herbarium, and collected from the period 1848-2007. The total number of lichen specimens existing in the herbarium is about 51000, and includes the Carlos N. Tavares collection. The digitising process is ongoing, which will result in new additions to this resource in the near future.
Dataset Language
ENGLISH
 
Dataset Creator
  MNHNC - Palmira Carvalho (Lichens curator )
Lisboa , PORTUGAL
Metadata Provider
  Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Rui Figueira (Researcher )
Lisboa , PORTUGAL
Metadata Provider
  MNHNC - Palmira Carvalho (Lichens curator )
Lisboa , PORTUGAL
Dataset Contact
  MNHNC - Palmira Carvalho (Lichens curator )
Lisboa , PORTUGAL
Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml )
  • Occurrence
Keywords (GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml )
  • Specimen
Keywords (NA )
  • Lichens
  • LISU
  • Portugal

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description
The specimens were collected on Portugal mainland

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate
-9.36
East Bounding Coordinate
-6.108
North Bounding Coordinate
42.521
South Bounding Coordinate
36.985

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1848

End Date

2007

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage
All lichen specimens were identified to genus or species.

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name
Kingdom
Taxonomic Rank Value
Fungi

License Information

Intellectual Rights

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Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

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Methods

Methods

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