How photographs can be a complement of herbarium vouchers: a proposal of standardization

Challenges in the collection of vouchers, either because of the physical properties of the material (species difficult to collect or to press, e.g., palms, cycads, toxic plants, and cacti) or because drying may have a negative effect on taxonomic characters (e.g., colour), recommend the use of photo...

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Authors: Gómez-Bellver, Carlos, Ibáñez Cortina, Neus, López-Pujol, Jordi, Nualart, Neus, Susanna de la Serna, Alfonso
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/367645
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/367645
https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12162
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Herbaris
Fotografies
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Summary:Challenges in the collection of vouchers, either because of the physical properties of the material (species difficult to collect or to press, e.g., palms, cycads, toxic plants, and cacti) or because drying may have a negative effect on taxonomic characters (e.g., colour), recommend the use of photographs to complement herbarium specimens. In a series of cases (enumerated in the present contribution), however, it may be impossible to collect material and, thus, photographs may be the only option to document the presence of a plant in a given locality. We propose in this paper some guidelines for the standardization of photographs intended for deposit in herbaria.