CSBR: Natural History: Critical Access and Storage For a Unique Collection of Mistletoes at University of California, Berkeley

位于加州大学伯克利分校的大学和杰普森植物标本馆（UC/JEPS）拥有约2，250，000份标本，是密苏里州植物园以西最大的标本收藏，也是美国公立大学中最大的标本收藏。它是一个广泛使用和不断增长的集合，代表了所有大陆的所有植物群。该项目将使三个重要的收藏品得到巩固和适当的安置，这些收藏品是在四位槲寄生（寄生在寄主树枝上的寄生植物）专家的研究生涯中开发的。 这一约20，000个标本的合并，包括1，200吸器（宿主和寄生虫之间的联系），将导致世界上最大和最全面的槲寄生收藏，并将提供其他地方无法获得的独特资源。 保护这些收藏品是当务之急，因为它们目前储存在非档案条件下，不容易用于研究。 槲寄生被认为是关键的森林物种，是生态学，生物多样性和物种相互作用的研究在森林环境中的中心。 来自加州大学伯克利分校研究学徒计划的本科生将接受博物馆策展培训，勤工俭学的学生将接受自然历史藏品数据库和数字化培训。为了容纳这些收藏品，将安装带有44个新柜的压缩机，并购买档案箱来容纳hastoria。 标本将被成像，标签信息将被捕获，以纳入UC/JEPS植物标本馆门户网站（http：//ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jeens/），并将与GBIF（https：//www.gbif.org/）和iDigBio（https：//www.idigbio.org/）共享，使公众和研究人员可以在多个平台上访问这些藏品。有关UC/JEPS Herbaria和该项目的更多信息，请访问：http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/.This奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University and Jepson Herbaria (UC/JEPS) at the University of California, Berkeley with approximately 2,250,000 specimens is the largest collection west of the Missouri Botanical Garden and the largest at a public university in the USA. It is a widely used and growing collection representing all plant groups across all continents. This project will enable the consolidation and proper housing of three important collections that were developed over the research career of four specialists on mistletoes (parasitic plants that live on host branches). This consolidation of approximately 20,000 specimens, including 1,200 haustoria (connections between host and parasite), will result in the largest and most comprehensive collection of mistletoes in the world and will provide a unique resource that is not available elsewhere. Securing these collections is urgent because they are currently stored in non-archival conditions and are not easily available for study. Mistletoes are considered keystone forest species that are central to studies on ecology, biodiversity, and species interactions in forested environments. Undergraduate students from the research apprenticeship program at the University of California, Berkeley will be trained in museum curation and work-study students will be trained in databasing and digitization of natural history collections. To accommodate these collections, compactors with 44 new cabinets will be installed and archival boxes purchased to house haustoria. Specimens will be imaged and label information will be captured for incorporation into the UC/JEPS herbarium portal (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/specimens/) and will be shared with GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/) and iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/), making these collections accessible to the public and researchers across several platforms. More information about the UC/JEPS Herbaria and this project is available at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.