Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2017
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- Citation for introduction (this document)
- Contents About the Queensland Herbarium collections ............................................................................ 2
- Census of the Queensland flora .................................................................................................. 4
- Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2016 census to 2017 census ......... 18
- List of figures
- About the Queensland Herbarium collections
- Significance of the collections
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Prepared by Peter D Bostock and Ailsa E Holland Queensland Herbarium Science Delivery Division Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation PO Box 5078 Brisbane QLD 4001 © The State of Queensland (Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation) 2017 The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence.
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Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the responsibility of those parties. Information contained in this document is from a number of sources and, as such, does not necessarily represent government or departmental policy. If you need to access this document in a language other than English, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask them to telephone Library Services on +61 7 3170 5725
Bostock, P.D. and Holland, A.E. (eds) (2017). Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2017. Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation: Brisbane. Citation for Census lists example Jessup, L.W. (2017). Ebenaceae. In P.D.Bostock & A.E.Holland (eds), Census of the Queensland Flora 2017. Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation: Brisbane. https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-2017 , accessed 1 September 2017.
This report has been prepared by the Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation. Acknowledgement is made of the contribution of the Queensland Herbarium curators and honorary research associates who have contributed their expertise to the Queensland Herbarium collections and information in this document. Curators are listed below under “Contributors”, as well as in the census documents. August 2017
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Table 1. Census of the Queensland Flora Statistics—1913 to 2017 .............................................. 10
Figure 1 Census of the Queensland Flora Statistics —1994 to 2017............................................. 11
Map 1. Regions of the world ......................................................................................................... 16
Map 2. States of Australia and pastoral districts of Queensland .................................................... 17 Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation 2
The Queensland Herbarium houses the state’s flora collections, comprising more than 850,000 specimens and associated data, of mainly Queensland species of plants, fungi and algae. Botanists and members of the public contribute thousands of specimens to the herbarium collection each year, representing new species records and new distribution records for both native and naturalised species. Specimens are mostly pressed and dried, and mounted on archival sheets. Some bulky specimens are stored in boxes or paper bags and some delicate specimens are stored in preserving liquid. Each specimen is labelled with the collector, collector’s number, date of collection, location, habitat and the plant’s features such as bark and flower colour. This information is recorded in the database HERBRECS, and the Queensland native and naturalised specimens data are available on the open data portal
(http://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=Queensland+Herbarium +records), and through Wildlife Online ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants- animals/species-list/ ) and
Australia’s Virtual Herbarium (http://avh.chah.org.au/). The information is summarised in the census lists (https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora- 2017).
A manual explaining how to collect plant specimens (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants- animals/plants/herbarium/identify-specimens/) is available. Algae and fungi require specialist processing, please contact us for further information on these groups.
The Queensland Herbarium specimen collections are fundamental and irreplaceable materials and data sources used to document the flora and vegetation of Queensland. They are essential for: taxonomic and phylogenetic research, the application of scientific names, new species discovery, identification of species, mapping the distribution of species, conservation planning and management, ecology of species, biodiversity assessment, state legislation (Vegetation Management Act, Nature Conservation Act, Land Protection Act, Environmental Protection Act), weed identification and ecology, agriculture, ethnobotany, forensic botany, molecular biology and education.
A type specimen is a specimen assigned by a taxonomist to be the reference point/material for the application of a scientific name. All species with a scientific name have type material, usually a plant specimen held in a Herbarium. The Queensland Herbarium holds more than 10,000 type specimens. High resolution images of the vascular plant type specimens held at the Queensland Herbarium (BRI) are now available on line at JSTOR (Global Plants Initiative) (http://plant.jstor.org) as part of the Global Plants Initiative. New species must be published under international rules that standardise botanical name usage across the world (McNeil et al. 2012) and all must be assigned a type specimen housed in an internationally recognised Herbarium.
Scientists using plants in their research are usually required to deposit voucher specimens in a herbarium collection as a permanent and verifiable record of the plant sampled. Voucher specimens are also required to verify a new declared weed or threatened species record and are often used as points of reference for a published photographs of species, seed bank accessions or other record. Please contact us before collecting voucher specimens to find out what is required. Yüklə 212,13 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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