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Lilium
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Vascular Plant Collection
COLLECTING GUIDELINES
GUIDE TO CREATING PLANT SPECIMENS
FOR SUBMISSION TO THE MUSEUM
The University of Minnesota Herbarium strives to align our procedures with national museum standards. We assess each potential acquisition for its contribution towards our mission and goals and for specimen quality.It is not practical or desirable to accept every specimen offered for inclusion in the Museum. This guide is intended to provide the basic framework to insure high quality, museum specimens. It is also important to note, that once specimens are deposited in the museum, they become the property of the institution and are subject to Museum policies. Specimens once accessioned are generally available to all botanical researchers with the exception of type specimens, which are reserved for those doing revisionary or nomenclatural research.
Specimens generally must:
be completely dried and flattened
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be clean of soil
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consist of a significant portion of the stem showing leaf attachment
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contain reproductive parts
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fit within approximately 11 x 14 inches (larger specimens can be bent or cut down)
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be identified to scientific name
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have a printed/typed specimen label
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aquatic specimens should be floated on regular paper before drying (not newspaper or herbarium paper)
Specimen labels must be no wider than 3.5 inches, printed on acid-free or quality bond.
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Project Name
Scientific name Authority
Country (if other than USA)
State, County, park or other special area,
further locality specifics, Township, range, section (if available).
Latitude, longitude
Habitat. Abundance.
Flower color; other plant features (if noteworthy).
Collector name, collection # Collection date (spell month)
Collection permit #, issued by XXX
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It is not necessary that you provide mounted specimens.
However, if you wish to do so, mounted specimens must:
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use archival quality, acid-free, herbarium paper; 11.5 x 16.5 inches in size; at least .015 caliper thickness
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be completely glued to the paper with archival quality glue
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have the specimen label glued in the lower right hand corner using archival quality glue
Processing and cataloging of specimens into the museum's herbarium may take several months to a couple of years before being fully integrated in the collections.
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