Flora Brasiliensis Revisited

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Flora Brasiliensis Revisited

• Data repatriation for Brazilian floristics
  projects - a European perspective and a view from
  Kew
• D.J.N. Hind, S.J. Mayo, D.C. Zappi, E. Nic
  Lughadha

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Introduction

• The Repatriation Project
• First stage (1998-1999)
• - Darwin Initiative
• - Results
• 8 families, 7000 specimens
• 500 cibachromes
• Second stage (2001 - )
• - BAT Foundation

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Repatriation of Herbarium Data for the Flora of
North Eastern Brazil

• 2nd stage
• Compositae and Polygalaceae

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Methodology

• Database
• Library Search
• Images
• Cibachromes
• Scanning and printing process
• Costs

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Results
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Statistics - specimens
Family number of specimens Rubiaceae
1916 Loranthaceae/Viscaceae
740 Passifloraceae 133 Myrtaceae
938 Gramineae 2237 Cactaceae
425 Verbenaceae 1035 Compositae
4238 Total collections databased at
K 11662 Remaining (estimated) 33338 Family
statistics for material databased at Kew to date
in NE Brazil data repatriation projects Numbers
of specimens databased and estimated totals.
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Statistics - species
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Products

• Databases of the Kew collections for Compositae
  and Polygalaceae.
• 4 sets of images (Cibachromes and prints) to send
  to Brazilian herbaria HUEFS, CEPEC, INPA and
  HRB.
• Preliminary checklists based on herbarium
  specimens.
• Electronic images

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Next stages

• Interactive database with images on the web,
  starting with Compositae.
• Scanning of the Leguminosae types.
• Conclusion of the Leguminosae Database.

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NE Brazil Repatriation Database
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NE Brazil Repatriation Database
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Repatriation web site search results
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