Occurrence dataset Registered May 03, 2010
Lund University Biological Museum - Botanical collection (LD)
Description
The scientific collections of Lund Universty Botanical Museum (Herbarium LD) comprise 2.5 million specimens divided into algae & cyanobacteria (102 000), bryophytes (149 000), fungi (63 000), lichens (170 000) and vascular plants (2 000 000). The collections go back to the 18th century and represent more than 250 years of scientific research. Coverage is worldwide with particularly important collections from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia.
Geographic scope
- Description
Specimens worldwide from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and Antarctica. Particularly important collections from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Greece, Turkey, North Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia.
- Bounding box
- Latitude
- From -90 to 90
- Longitude
- From -180 to 180
Temporal scope
- verbatim
- 1700-current
Metrics
Contacts
- Organization
- Lund University Botanical Museum
- Position
- Assoc. Prof.
- Address
- Box 117
- Roles
- Originator
Metadata author
Administrative point of contact
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- May 03, 2010
- Metadata last modified
- August 03, 2025
- Publication date
- August 03, 2025
- Hosted by
- GBIF-Sweden
- Installation
- IPT GBIF-Sweden
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/c4w4co
- Alternative identifiers