Storage Cabinets for the University of Colorado Gymnosperm Collections

小行星9527593 科罗拉多大学的植物标本馆拥有世界上最大和最具分类学意义的科罗拉多植物收藏，并拥有落基山脉最重要的植物收藏之一。裸子植物部分包括约1700个标本，特别值得注意的是墨西哥和美国西南部的重要松属标本。这笔奖金将用于购买15个钢制标本箱来存放藏品（以前存放在不合标准的箱子中），并增加藏品的可访问性和适度增长。

9527593 Ranker The herbarium of the University of Colorado holds the largest and most taxonomically divers collection of Colorado plants in the world and has one of the most significant collections of plants from the Rocky Mountains. The gymnosperm portion of the collection comprises approximately 1700 specimens and is particularly noteworthy for its important collections of the genus Pinus from Mexico and the United States southwest. This award will be used to purchase 15 steel herbarium cases to house the collection (previously stored in substandard cases) and provide for increased accessibility to and modest growth of the collection.