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. 2022 Nov 14:10:e94939.
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e94939. eCollection 2022.

Digitisation of the Natural History Museum's collection of Dalbergia, Pterocarpus and the subtribe Phaseolinae (Fabaceae, Faboideae)

Krisztina Lohonya  1 , Laurence Livermore  1 , Jacek Wajer  1 , Robyn Crowther  1 , Elizabeth Devenish  1
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Digitisation of the Natural History Museum's collection of Dalbergia, Pterocarpus and the subtribe Phaseolinae (Fabaceae, Faboideae)

Krisztina Lohonya et al. Biodivers Data J. .

Abstract

Background: In 2018, the Natural History Museum (NHMUK, herbarium code: BM) undertook a pilot digitisation project together with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (project Lead) and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to collectively digitise non-type herbarium material of the subtribe Phaseolinae and the genera Dalbergia L.f. and Pterocarpus Jacq. (rosewoods and padauk), all from the economically important family of legumes (Leguminosae or Fabaceae).These taxonomic groups were chosen to provide specimen data for two potential use cases: 1) to support the development of dry beans as a sustainable and resilient crop; 2) to aid conservation and sustainable use of rosewoods and padauk. Collectively, these use case studies support the aims of the UK's Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)-allocated, Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding.

New information: We present the images and metadata for 11,222 NHMUK specimens. The metadata includes label transcription and georeferencing, along with summary data on geographic, taxonomic, collector and temporal coverage. We also provide timings and the methodology for our transcription and georeferencing protocols. Approximately 35% of specimens digitised were collected in ODA-listed countries, in tropical Africa, but also in South East Asia and South America.

Keywords: Dalbergia; Phaseolinae; Pterocarpus; crop wild relatives; cultivated beans; digitisation; georeferencing; herbaria; herbarium; legumes; natural history collections; rosewoods; specimens; sustainable timber; transcription.

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Phaseolusvulgaris L. (BM013710102).
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Dalbergialanceolaria L.f. (BM012564594).
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Counts of records from the top 50 collectors.
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Collector's contribution for ODA-country records, where the 100% is the total number of records collected in ODA-listed countries.
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Web application for creating catalogue records, allowing us to create multiple records simultaneously and also record pre-existing barcodes without creating duplicate records in our CMS.
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Imaging setup used for the project, consisting of a copystand with camera (centre), reflector (left) and flash (right).
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Record distribution by country.
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Distribution of records by ODA-listed countries, where 100% is the total number of records collected in ODA-listed countries.
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Count of species from each genus.
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No. of records per year.
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