Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada's National Collection of Vascular Plants holds a list of type specimens, which serve as the official reference examples for plant species names. Records are in various stages of review and will be updated as digitization continues. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-15.
Use Cases
- Verify plant species nomenclature based on type specimen records.
- Study the geographic distribution of type specimens based on country of collection data.
- Support biodiversity research by examining the reference specimens for described plant species.
- Track the progress of digitization efforts for a national botanical collection.
Strengths
- Managed by a national government agency (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada), suggesting authoritative curation.
- Follows international botanical nomenclature rules, ensuring taxonomic relevance.
- Countries of collection follow a standardized government reference, promoting consistency.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Records are in various stages of review and completion, indicating potential data gaps.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
- Collection Method
- Digitization of physical type specimens from the National Collection of Vascular Plants (DAO).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-15 04:01:52.377724; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Global, based on countries of collection.