Collaborative Proposal: Harnessing the Power of Herbaria to Understand the Changing Flora of California: A Biodiversity Hotspot in Peril

这个项目的目的是从加利福尼亚收集的维管植物标本中汇编和提供信息(例如，物种名称、位置、栖息地和开花时间)，这些标本保存在加州的19个草本馆和哈佛大学(许多较老的加州标本的储存库)。目标植物是那些在加州栖息地占主导地位的植物，以及那些对生物多样性(包括气候变化)威胁最大的植物。标本信息将在加州草药联合会(CCH)网站门户(http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium).)上在线获得该项目还将通过CCH网站无缝提供SEINet(西南环境信息网络)博物馆持有的加州工厂的数据，作为建立地区和国家联合体的一步。该项目为公众、各级学生和研究界提供了实实在在的好处。标本数据将是可下载的，这样任何人都可以利用这些信息来追求兴趣和问题(例如，了解当前植物的分布，识别特定地方的植物，预测未来的植物迁移)。本科生将广泛参与数据输入，为他们提供适用于未来专业追求的技能和培训。该项目是建立美国虚拟植物博物馆的重要一步，该博物馆提供有关全国植物分布的信息。该项目的图像和数字化数据将被整合到在线国家资源中，如可在http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf.获得的社区战略计划中所概述的那样

The purpose of this project is to compile and provide information (e.g., species name, location, habitat, and flowering time) from California-collected vascular plant specimens held at 19 herbaria in California and at Harvard University (repository of many older California specimens). The plants targeted are those that dominate California habitats and those most imperiled by threats to biodiversity (including climate change). Specimen information will be available online at the Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH) Web portal (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium). The project will also accomplish the seamless provision of data on California plants held by the museums of SEINet (Southwest Environmental Information Network) via the CCH web site as a step toward building regional and national consortia. This project provides tangible benefits to the public, students of all levels, and the research community. Specimen data will be downloadable so that anyone can use the information to pursue interests and questions (e.g., understanding current plant distributions, identifying plants of a particular place, predicting future plant migrations). Undergraduate students will be involved extensively with data entry, providing them with skills and training applicable to future professional pursuits. This project is a major step toward building a United States virtual plant museum that provides information on the distribution of plants nationwide.The images and digitized data from this project will be integrated into the online national resource as outlined in the community strategic plan available at http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf.