Support for the Arizona State University Herbarium

亚利桑那州立大学植物标本馆 约185，000个保存植物标本。 之一 西南部最大的植物标本馆， 美国西南部的一般收藏， 墨西哥北方。 植物标本馆里的标本 资源为任何人感兴趣的系统学，生态学或 保护西南部的原生植被， 仙人掌和地衣具有国际重要性。 在过去的20年里，收藏品增长非常快。 迅速，大量积压的标本已经积累。 的 包含收藏品的橱柜也达到或接近容量 无法控制大约 40,000种维管植物，25,000种地衣和1,000种化石， 需要被处理并加入到集合中。 该项目将提供资金购买标准 植物标本馆、地衣和化石柜，以容纳积压的 标本，以及两个兼职本科生的工资， 帮助消除积压。 在三年期间， 植物标本室将：1）处理所有新的维管植物， 植物标本; 2）减少积压的维管植物， 40%; 3）将所有积压的化石加入到 收集; 4）准备所有部分处理的地衣包 供其他植物标本库登记和交换。 这些 活动将使亚利桑那州立大学植物标本馆成为 更有价值和更容易获得的资源。

The Arizona State University Herbarium contains approximately 185,000 preserved plant specimens. It is one of the largest herbaria in the Southwest and is especially rich in general collections of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The specimens in the Herbarium comprise a vital resource for anyone interested in the systematics, ecology or conservation of the native vegetation of the Southwest, and its holdings of cacti and lichens are of international importance. Over the last 20 years, the collection has grown very rapidly and a large backlog of specimens has accumulated. The cabinets that contain the collection are also at or near capacity and would be unable to contain the backlog of approximately 40,000 vascular plants, 25,000 lichens and 1,000 fossils that need to be processed and accessioned into the collection. This project will provide funds to purchase standard herbarium, lichen and fossil cabinets to contain the backlogged specimens, as well salary for two part-time undergraduates to help in eliminating the backlog. During the three-year duration of the project, the herbarium will: 1) process all new vascular plant specimens; 2) reduce the backlog of vascular plants by 40%; 3) accession the entire backlog of fossils into the collection; 4) prepare all the partially processed lichen packets for accessioning and exchange with other herbaria. These activities will make the Arizona State University Herbarium a much more valuable and readily available resource.