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SUMMARY:Sleeping giant – opening access to the untapped scientific data 
 held in the Cambridge University Herbarium - Dr Anne Dubéarnès\, Cambrid
 ge University Herbarium\, Department of Plant Sciences
DTSTART:20231130T121500Z
DTEND:20231130T134500Z
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DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) contains 1.1 million 
 specimens of dried plants and fungi collected worldwide over three centuri
 es. Herbaria are a fundamental resource for biodiversity and conservation 
 research\, as they represent an immense archive of plant material and asso
 ciated data. They can be used to study plant systematics\, biogeography\, 
 extinction risks\, plant pathogens... There is currently a global push to 
 mobilise the untapped data contained in herbaria. As part of this effort\,
  I am identifying the “types” in CGE. These are specimens that were us
 ed to describe new plant species\, and serve as reference material for the
  attached names. They are essential to taxonomic research\, but often lay 
 unrecognised in herbaria. I am identifying them by comparing information f
 rom taxonomic literature with the collection information associated with t
 he specimens\, and testing different approaches to optimise the process. O
 nce identified\, the types’ images and associated data will be made free
 ly accessible online.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre\, Department of Plant Sciences
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