Upgrade of Storage and Archival Facilities and Reduction of Unmounted Specimen Backlog at the Herbarium PTBG

国家热带植物园的植物标本室收藏了大量的夏威夷和太平洋岛屿植物，其中包括来自考艾岛和其他主要岛屿的最重要的植物。收藏了大约35 000个标本的柜子已经严重拥挤，使这些标本难以取用并受到实物损坏。该项目将支持购买8个全高和23个半高的植物标本室，以容纳目前的馆藏，并允许收藏的适度增长。额外的橱柜将容纳新安装的标本，大大增加了用户的可访问性，并降低了损坏收藏品的风险。它还将支持增加储藏在柜子外的大约4 000个标本的积压，以便供研究和借阅之用。由此产生的升级存储和档案设施将极大地促进和改善研究使用和长期管理这一重要收藏。

The herbarium of the National Tropical Botanical Garden holds a large and taxonomically diverse collection of Hawaiian and Pacific island plants, including the most significant recent collection of plants from Kauai and other major islands. Cabinets housing this collection of approximately 35,000 specimens have become seriously overcrowded, making the specimens difficult to access and subject to physical damage. This project will support the purchase of eight full-height and twenty-three half-height herbarium cabinets to accommodate present holdings and allow for modest growth of the collection. The additional cabinets will accommodate newly mounted specimens, substantially increase user accessibility, and reduce risk of damage to the collections. It will also support the mounting of the backlog of approximately 4,000 specimens stored outside of cabinets in order to make them accessible for research and loan purposes. The resulting upgraded storage and archival facilities will greatly facilitate and improve research use and long-term management of this important collection.