Support of Botanical Systematics Collections at Harvard University

哈佛大学的大量植物标本收藏近500万件，为植物系统学及相关领域的研究提供了重要资源。哈佛大学的收藏范围很广，具有重要的历史意义，特别是在北美植物区系和亚洲植物区系的研究方面。根据1985年至今的NSF拨款，837笔贷款被发放给了美国和外国的各种机构。这些出借的标本有76225件。返回哈佛后处理的标本数量几乎相等。152584件标本被纳入哈佛大学植物标本馆，29090件标本作为礼物或交换。在此期间，60,472个标本被重新包装，重新安装或修复。持续的资金将允许维护和使用植物标本室；将通过简化归档和制作查找指南来便利查阅，交流项目将继续进行，将对馆藏进行注释，并对种类进行定位、标记和索引。

The large collections of plant specimens at Harvard, numbering nearly 5 million, form a major resource for research on Plant Systematics and related areas. Harvard's collections are broad in their coverage and are historically important, particularly in the study of the North American flora and the flora of Asia. Under the previous NSF grant from 1985 to the present, 837 loans were sent out to various U.S. and foreign institutions. These loans contained 76,225 specimens. An almost equal number were processed after return to Harvard. 152,584 specimens were added to the Harvard University Herbaria and 29,090 were sent as gifts or on exchange. 60,472 specimens were repacketed, remounted, or repaired during this period. Continued funding will allow for maintenance and access to the herbaria; access will be facilitated through the streamlining of filing and the production of finding guides, the exchange program will be continued, collections will be annotated and types located, marked, and indexed.