Holdings of type specimens of plants in herbaria of China

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1003.2012.05076

Abstract

Abstract:

Species diversity is one of the central topics of biodiversity. Type specimens are the permanent vouchers of taxonomic names, and are irreplaceable as a means to safeguard the stability of the nomenclatural system. Holdings of common specimens and type specimens are indices reflecting historical accumulation of botanical studies for a certain country or region. This paper reviews holdings of common specimens and type specimens in herbaria worldwide and those native to China. Overall, we conclude that type collections in herbaria of China are relatively less than the world on average, because plants from China were studied by western botanists for over 400 years before Chinese botanists started to collect specimens and study plants in the early twentieth century. Based on digitization of type specimens housed in native herbaria, it is now urgent to digitize not only type specimens of Chinese herbaria, but also those held in herbaria abroad. In addition, the number of collections per species in Chinese herbaria is much less than the world average. For Chinese botanical researchers, it is important to conduct investigations in poorly studied areas in China and overseas, and to enhance the overall number and representation of specimens for each species.

Key words: taxonomy, specimen, type specimen, holdings, China

Yong Yang. Holdings of type specimens of plants in herbaria of China[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2012, 20(4): 512-516.

Add to citation manager EndNote|Ris|BibTeX

URL: https://www.biodiversity-science.net/EN/10.3724/SP.J.1003.2012.05076

https://www.biodiversity-science.net/EN/Y2012/V20/I4/512

Figures/Tables 2

References 18

[1]	Baum BR (1996) Statistical adequacy of plant collections: innovative concepts of collection, preservation, and storage of plant diversity. In: Sampling the Green World (eds Stuessy TF, Sohmer SH). pp. 43-73. Columbia University Press, New York.
[2]	Bebber DP, Carine MA, Davidse G, Harris DJ, Haston EM, Penn MG, Cafferty S, Wood JRI, Scotland RW (2012) Big hitting collectors make massive and disproportionate contribution to the discovery of plant species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, 2269-2274. DOI URL PMID
[3]	Fu LK (傅立国) (1993) Index Herbariorum Sinicorum (中国植物标本馆索引). Chinese Science and Technology Press, Beijing. (in Chinese and in English)
[4]	Grabovskaya-Borodina AE (2010) Catalogue of the Type Spe-cimens of East-Asian Vascular Plants in the Herbarium of the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute (LE). KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, Russia.
[5]	Holmgren PK, Holmgren NH, Barnett LC (1990) Index Herbarium, Part I: the Herbaria of the World, 8th ed. International Association for Plant Taxonomy, New York.
[6]	Hu ZG (胡宗刚), Zhang XC (张宪春) (2011) Ren-Chang Ching and plant herbaria. Life World (生命世界), (263), 44-49. (in Chinese)
[7]	Jin SY (靳淑英) (1994) A Catalogue of Type Specimens (Cormophyta) in the Herbaria of China (中国高等植物模式标本汇编). Science Press, Beijing. (in Chinese)
[8]	Jin SY (靳淑英) (1999) A Catalogue of Type Specimens (Cormophyta) in the Herbaria of China (the Supplement) (中国高等植物模式标本汇编补编). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. (in Chinese)
[9]	Jin SY (靳淑英) (2007) A Catalogue of Type Specimens (Cormophyta) in the Herbaria of China (the Supplement II) (中国高等植物模式标本汇编补编二). Science Press, Beijing. (in Chinese)
[10]	McNeill J, Barrie FR, Burdet HM, Demoulin V, Hawksworth DL, Marhold K, Nicolson DH, Prado J, Silva PC, Skog JE, Wiersema JH, Turland NJ (2006) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code): Adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, July 2005. Regnum Vegetabile 146. A. R. G. Gantner Verlag, Ruggell.
[11]	Qin HN (1999) Herbaria in China: past, present and future. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 29, 363-382.
[12]	Qin HN (覃海宁), Yang ZR (杨志荣) (2011a) The ten largest plant herbaria in the world. Life World (生命世界), (263), 9-11. (in Chinese)
[13]	Qin HN (覃海宁), Yang ZR (杨志荣) (2011b) The past and present of herbaria. Life World (生命世界), (263), 4-8. (in Chinese)
[14]	Wang WT (王文采) (2008) History and perspective of plant taxonomy. Bulletin of Biology (生物学通报), 43(6), 1-3. (in Chinese)
[15]	Wang WT (王文采) (2011) Significance of herbaria in plant taxonomy. Life World (生命世界), (263), 1. (in Chinese)
[16]	Wang YZ (王印政), Qin HN (覃海宁), Fu DZ (傅德志) (2004) A brief history of plant collection in China. In: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (中国植物志) (ed. Wu CY (吴征镒)), pp. 658-732. Science Press, Beijing. (in Chinese)
[17]	Xie YH (谢玉华) (2003) The type specimens used in botanical nomenclature. Journal of Neijiang Teachers College (内江师范学院学报), 18(6), 45-48. (in Chinese with English abstract)
[18]	Yu TT (1979) Special report: status of the Flora of China. Systematic Botany, 4, 257-260.

标本馆 Herbarium	模式标本数量 Amounts of type specimens	参考文献 Reference
中国科学院植物研究所标本馆 (PE)	18,319	PE最新数据
四川大学生物系植物标本室 (SZ)	1,000	傅立国, 1993
中国科学院昆明植物研究所标本馆 (KUN)	12,000	http://english.kib.cas.cn/rh/ss/200910/t20091017_45433.html
中国科学院华南植物园标本馆 (IBSC)	7,000	http://210.77.82.221/bbg/english/index.asp?id=174
中国科学院广西植物研究所标本馆 (IBK)	4,000	http://www.gxib.cn/ibk-webservice/cvh_ibk_1.htm
中国科学院武汉植物研究所标本馆 (HIB)	200	http://v2.cvh.org.cn/herbarium/details.asp?RecordNo=120&mode=1
中国科学院成都生物研究所植物标本馆 (CDBI)	270	http://www.cib.ac.cn/jgsz/zcxt/bbg/
西北农林科技大学植物标本馆 (WUK)	300	http://www.bangbenw.com/yx/rw/2010-11/09/content_954107.htm
香港植物标本室 (HK)	278	http://www.hkherbarium.net/Herbarium/S_frame.htm
国立台湾大学植物学系标本馆 (TAI)	1,000	http://www2.ndap.org.tw/newsletter06/news/read_news.php?nid=310
总计 Total	44,367

标本馆 Herbarium	模式标本数量 Amounts of type specimens	参考文献 Reference
中国科学院植物研究所标本馆 (PE)	18,319	PE最新数据
四川大学生物系植物标本室 (SZ)	1,000	傅立国, 1993
中国科学院昆明植物研究所标本馆 (KUN)	12,000	http://english.kib.cas.cn/rh/ss/200910/t20091017_45433.html
中国科学院华南植物园标本馆 (IBSC)	7,000	http://210.77.82.221/bbg/english/index.asp?id=174
中国科学院广西植物研究所标本馆 (IBK)	4,000	http://www.gxib.cn/ibk-webservice/cvh_ibk_1.htm
中国科学院武汉植物研究所标本馆 (HIB)	200	http://v2.cvh.org.cn/herbarium/details.asp?RecordNo=120&mode=1
中国科学院成都生物研究所植物标本馆 (CDBI)	270	http://www.cib.ac.cn/jgsz/zcxt/bbg/
西北农林科技大学植物标本馆 (WUK)	300	http://www.bangbenw.com/yx/rw/2010-11/09/content_954107.htm
香港植物标本室 (HK)	278	http://www.hkherbarium.net/Herbarium/S_frame.htm
国立台湾大学植物学系标本馆 (TAI)	1,000	http://www2.ndap.org.tw/newsletter06/news/read_news.php?nid=310
总计 Total	44,367