Test process essentials Riitta Viitamäki, 14.4.2004 [email protected].
DigiWeb Early practise Data entry of Oslo herbarium ©Mira Sääskilahti, Riitta Tegelberg.
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Transcript of DigiWeb Early practise Data entry of Oslo herbarium ©Mira Sääskilahti, Riitta Tegelberg.
Species name
• Example: Betula pendula
• Write epithet always in small letter (even if it’s big letter in label)
• Write name from the newest label!• Examples: Betula pendula Roth / Poa annua L. – Roth and L.: names of the fathers of the species -> do not
write Roth or L.
Genus Specific epithet
An example of the label
Genus: CyanotisSpecific Epithet: foecundaCollected by: Bjørnstad, A.Collector's record number: AB 1508
Commelinaceae?Family name, do not writeUsually family: -aceae or -ae
If first name is entirely written, write full name: for e.g. Bjørnstad, Inger
Plant name, more than 2 words
Examples• Vaccinium vitis-idaea
‒ Vaccinium = genus, vitis-idaea = specific epithet
• Brassica rapa ssp. rapa‒ ssp = subspecies -> do not write ssp. rapa‒ ssp. = subsp.
• Betula pendula var. carelica‒ var. = variety -> do not write var. carelica
• Betula pendula f. bircalensis• f. = forma -> do not write f. bircalensis
Plant name, ?• Salix glauca × myrsinifolia‒ Crossing between 2 species (S. glauca and S. myrsinifolia)
• Tilia × vulgaris– Crossing, own name (no fathers and mothers mentioned)
• You can use x instead of ו Cucumis sativus ’Market More’‒ ’Market More’ is a commercial name –> do not write
• Poa sp./indet./alien/ignota = epithet not known, leave empty
Collected by: Widgren
Notice: names may be only surnames, shortenings etc. Write what you see, someone may later fill the gaps
Country: Brazil.
Why? Herbarium at Stockholm is Brasil Regnellian – specialised in Brasilian region
Collected by: Regnell, A. F.
904 is not Collector's record number. It’s not next to collector or date and it’s written later – in this case it's number of
the genus. Other numbers occurring may be catalog / archive / etc. numbers