Herbarium cabinets lock away valuable plant data that needs to be mobilised through digitisation.
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Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
A new publication sheds light on the plants of Burkina Faso and Mali.
More tools are available to collate biodiversity data that can be used for conservation decision making.
Australia’s herbaria are a priceless repository, holding around 8 million samples that map historical and current distributions of native and introduced plant species in Australia.
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Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide and Chief Botanist, State Herbarium of South Australia, Adelaide University
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Scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Senior research scientist, Stellenbosch University
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Research associate, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer and Researcher in Botany and Phyto-Ecology, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
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Scientist, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève (CJBG)
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Full Professor of Plant Biology and Ecology, Université Joseph Zi-Kerbo
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Botanist, Université des sciences, des techniques et des technologies de Bamako
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Senior Lecturer in the School of BioSciences, and Herbarium Curator, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Data Specialist, The University of Melbourne
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e-Flora Coordinator, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Plant taxonomist at the National Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
