Accessioning and curating the BING peatmoss (Sphagnum) collection into DUKE

该项目将完成将宾厄姆顿大学约22,000个苔藓属标本转移和整合到杜克大学植物标本馆。标本将被转移到档案质量标本包中，相关的收集信息将被上传到适当的数据库，以向研究人员和公民科学家提供标本信息。泥炭既是植物的一个属，也是一个完整的生态系统。据估计，以泥炭沼泽为主的泥炭地储存了陆地碳库总量的25%-30%，因此对理解和管理全球气候至关重要。Sphagnum作为研究气候变化对植物影响的模型目前正在积极开发中，Duke-Binghamton Sphagnum联合标本馆将成为记录Sphagnum泥炭藓地理和生态变化的不可替代的资源。众所周知，生态功能，包括碳固存水平，因泥炭藻种和地理环境而异。扩大后的杜克大学收藏有50,000多个Sphagnum标本，将构成世界上这一群体中最大的收藏，并将具有无与伦比的重要性。该项目支持从宾厄姆顿大学(Bing)抢救濒临灭绝的苔藓属Sphagnum，并将其与杜克大学(Duke)的L.E.安德森苔藓植物标本馆整合。这些藏品将进行实物和分类管理，以保存和增加其作为研究和教学资源的价值。大多数Bing标本目前都是用非档案质量的纸包装在标本馆的床单上。许多包装，包括许多持有模式标本，正在解体，标签和包装处于不同的分离阶段。所有转移的标本都将经过适当的整理；它们将用新的标签重新包装，使用杜克苔藓植物标本馆目前使用的地理系统进行组织，进行数字化，并通过苔藓植物门户网站(bryophyteportal.org/portal.org/)和iDigBio.org进行访问。这些收藏品的分类将根据Sphagnum分类的最新研究结果进行更新。这项活动将涉及对已完成分类修订的群体的标本进行显微镜检查。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will complete the transfer and integration of some 22,000 specimens of the moss genus Sphagnum from Binghamton University into the Duke University herbarium. The specimens will be transferred to archival quality specimen packets and associated collection information will be uploaded to appropriate databases to make specimen information available to researchers and citizen scientists. Sphagnum is both a genus of plants and an entire ecosystem. Sphagnum-dominated peatlands are estimated to store 25-30% of the total terrestrial carbon pool and are for that reason critical to understanding and management of the global climate. Sphagnum is currently under active development as a model for studying the impacts of changing climate on plants, and the combined Duke-Binghamton Sphagnum herbarium will be an irreplaceable resource to document geographic and ecological variation in Sphagnum peat mosses. It is well established that ecological function, including levels of carbon sequestration, varies with regard to both Sphagnum species and geographic setting. The augmented Duke University collection, with over 50,000 specimens of Sphagnum, will comprise the largest collection of this group in the world and will have unparalleled importance. This project supports the rescue of an at-risk collection of the moss genus Sphagnum from Binghamton University (BING) and its integration with the L.E. Anderson Bryophyte Herbarium at Duke University (DUKE). The collection will be curated both physically and taxonomically to preserve and increase its value as a resource for research and teaching. Most of the BING specimens are currently packeted in non-archival quality paper on herbarium sheets. Many of the packets, including many holding type specimens, are disintegrating, with labels and packets in various stages of detachment. All transferred specimens will be properly curated; they will be re-packeted with new labels, organized using the geographic system currently employed in the DUKE bryophyte herbarium, digitized, and made accessible via the Bryophyte Portal (bryophyteportal.org/portal/) and iDigBio.org. The taxonomy of these collections will be updated based on recent research findings of Sphagnum taxonomy. This activity will involve microscopic examination of specimens belonging to groups for which taxonomic revisions have been completed.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.