Curatorial Support for Botanical Systematic Collections at the California Academy of Sciences

这个项目将允许加州科学院的植物学家完成三项对保存和研究部分植物收藏至关重要的活动。这些活动包括：(1)收集和管理来自内华达山脉的40,000株植物的历史收藏；(2) Lupinus的收藏，也许是北美最好的；(3)将所有模式标本重新折叠到无酸文件夹中。中国科学院的植物收藏约有160万标本，8900种主要和次要类型，是美国第五大植物收藏，地理分布以北美和拉丁美洲为主（75%），主要收藏来自加利福尼亚和墨西哥。在过去的五年里，专业人士和学生的收藏使用率很高（700名参观者；400次借阅，65,500件标本）。该项目将确保中国科学院极为重要的馆藏得到保护，并增加对北美和中美洲植物生物多样性研究的可用性。

This project will allow botanists at the the California Academy of Sciences to complete three activities that are critical to preserving and making available for study parts of the botanical collection. These activities are: (1) Mounting and curating a historic collection of 40,000 plants from Sierra Nevada; (2) curation of the Lupinus collection, perhaps the finest in North America; and (3) refoldering all type specimens within acid-free folders. CAS's plant collection, with approximately 1.6 million mounted specimens and 8900 primary and secondary types, is the fifth largest in the U.S. Geographic representation is weighted toward North America and Latin America (75%), with major holdings from California and Mexico. Collection use by professionals and students is high over the past five years (700 visitors; 400 loans, 65,500 specimens). This project will insure the conservation of extremely important holdings at CAS and increasing the availability of the collection for studies in biodiversity of North and MesoAmerican plants.