Support of Botanical Systematics Collections at Harvard University

哈佛的大量植物标本， 数量近500万，形成了研究的主要资源， 植物系统学及相关领域。 哈佛的收藏品 其覆盖面广，具有重要的历史意义， 特别是在研究北美植物群和 亚洲的植物群。 根据1985年至今的NSF拨款，837 贷款被发放给各种美国和外国机构。 这些贷款包含76，225个样本。 几乎同样数目 都是在回到哈佛后处理的 152，584份样本 添加到哈佛大学植物标本馆和29,090被送往作为 礼物或交换。 重新包装了60，472份标本， 在这段时间里重新安装或修复。 继续供资将使维护和使用 植物标本库;将通过精简 文件归档和制作指南，交换 计划将继续进行，收集将被注释， 类型定位、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.