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An Integrated Botanical Data Infrastructure in and for Pakistan Mary E. Barkworth, GBIF Biodiversity Data Ambassador Utah State University, U.S.A. Infrastructure Civil infrastructure: Roads, bridges, laws, schools, water, electricity, sewage
Mary E. Barkworth, GBIF Biodiversity Data Ambassador Utah State University, U.S.A.
Roads, bridges, laws, schools, water, electricity, sewage systems, internet, …..
Herbaria, floras, nomenclatural code, microscopes, computers, cameras, …
1500s Luca Ghini Herbarium specimens 1440+ Gutenberg Mass production of books 1750s Linnaeus Identification tools
Global Biodiversity Information Facility The World’s Promoter of Data Sharing
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://slideplayer.com/slide/10723588/
Primarily for research – value dependent on quality of data and specimen preservation For education, relaxation, and research – value dependent on ability to attract, educate, and inspire
Botanical Garden of National Herbarium (part of PARC)
material
Few specimens – but living
Many specimens – but dead
public
Generalize
and phylogenetic diversity
GBIF: 116,040 records for Pakistan Most from Himalayan Upland Plant Database Quaid-i-Azam #3 contributor with 12,084
Old
elevation, reproductive condition brief or absent.
New
uncertainty, remarks
elevation, reproductive condition – most present with detail.
Post keys & link to taxon pages Taxon pages
Other benefits
Better field notes More collaborations Vouchered checklists Localized keys Data density dependent Specimen heat maps [Taxon & clade heat maps] [Phenology predictor]
Current status
Planned, November-December
Pakistan? Georeferenced records?
mary.barkworth@usu.edu