Computers in Botanical Collections

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • J. G. Hawkes

   Pages 1-3

3. Introduction

   • A. Rannestad

   Pages 5-7

4. E.D.P. in Major Herbaria — The Priorities

   • J. P. M. Brenan

   Pages 9-16

5. The Data from Herbaria

   • D. M. Henderson

   Pages 17-23

6. Discussion, Morning, Wednesday 3 October

   • J. P. M. Brenan, R. Ross, J. T. Williams

   Pages 25-26

7. Relations between Herbarium Records and Other Records

   • R. Ross

   Pages 27-33

8. Electronic Data Processing of Herbarium Specimens Data for the Flora of Veracruz Program

   • A. Gómez-Pompa, J. A. Toledo, M. Soto

   Pages 35-51

9. The Uses of Electronic Data Processing for Herbarium Specimen Label Information

   • A. V. Hall

   Pages 53-59

10. Discussion, Afternoon, Wednesday, 3 October

    • J. P. M. Brenan, R. Ross, J. T. Williams

    Pages 61-66

11. The Flora North America Information System

    • S. G. Shetler

    Pages 67-67

12. Electronic Data Processing in the Herbarium

    • F. H. Perring

    Pages 69-78

13. The Data Bank of the British Antarctic Survey’s Botanical Section

    • D. M. Greene, S. W. Greene

    Pages 79-87

14. Discussion, Morning, Thursday, 4 October

    • J. P. M. Brenan, R. Ross, J. T. Williams

    Pages 89-93

15. American Horticultural Society Plant Records Center

    • R. A. Brown

    Pages 95-107

16. Data Standards for Collection-Holding Organisations

    • J. L. Cutbill

    Pages 109-110

17. Information Management and Use of Taxir in Herbaria

    • D. J. Rogers

    Pages 111-124

18. The Use of the Selgem System in Support of Systematics

    • J. F. Mello

    Pages 125-138

19. Discussion, Afternoon, Thursday, 4 October

    • J. P. M. Brenan, R. Ross, J. T. Williams

    Pages 139-140

20. The Application of Electronic Data-Processing to the Mapping of Plant Distributions

    • James H. Soper

    Pages 141-166

This volume records the proceedings of, and the papers read at, an international conference to consider the use of electronic data processing methods in the major taxonomic plant collections of Europe, primarily herbaria but also living collections. This conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from 3rd to 6th October, 1973. It was attended by some 90 delegates, observers and speakers, mainly from a wide range of the major European herbaria, but also from other interested institutions. The problem to be discussed was a big one. Taxonomic collections of the sorts mentioned above constitute the main centres for the scientific documentation of the flora of the world. With the extinction of so many species more or less imminently threatened, and with the modification or disappearance of so many vegetation types through the activities of man, the information contained in these collections grows in importance. Their aggregate size, in Europe, has been estimated at between 50 and 100 millions, and these are annually augmented at a rapid rate. Each specimen or living plant comprises a source of evidence and information represented both by the specimen itself and the associated information provided by the collector and subsequent investigators - identifications, field notes, records of subsequent research, etc. This associated information is known as the label data. Research on the taxonomy and geographical distribution of plants usually requires data from specimens stored in a number of institutions in different countries.

• Vegetation
• flora
• herbar
• plant
• plants
• taxonomy

• Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, England

  J. P. M. Brenan

• British Museum (Natural History), London, England

  R. Ross

• University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England

  J. T. Williams

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