Description
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 251,945 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Doubt J, Blades R (2026). Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium. Version 1.300. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.nature.ca/resource?r=cmn_herbarium&v=1.300
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Canadian Museum of Nature. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1e61b812-b2ec-43d0-bdbb-8534a761f74c. Canadian Museum of Nature publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Canada Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Argus; Brodo; Ireland; Macoun; Porsild; Occurrence
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| Botany Collections: The National Herbarium of Canada | https://nature.ca/en/our-science/collections/botany-collections UTF-8 HTML |
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| National Phycology Collection of Canada Database | https://www.nature-cana.ca/ UTF-8 HTML |
| The Centre for Arctic Knowledge and Exploration | https://nature.ca/en/our-science/arctic-centre/ UTF-8 HTML |
| The Beaty Centre for Species Discovery | https://nature.ca/en/our-science/beaty-centre-for-species-discovery/ UTF-8 HTML |
| Biodiversity of the Canadian Arctic Flora: Vascular Plants and Lichens | https://nature.ca/en/our-science/research-projects/arctic-flora-biodiversity/ UTF-8 HTML |
| Arctic Flora of Canada and Alaska | http://arcticplants.myspecies.info/ UTF-8 HTML |
Contacts
- Curator ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curator, Botany
- Metadata Provider
- Digital Collections Information Manager
- Point Of Contact
- Senior Research Assistant - Phycology
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- Project Technician - Lichens
- Point Of Contact
- Collection Technician
- Point Of Contact
- Assistant Collections Manager
Geographic Coverage
The National Herbarium of Canada is a global collection of plant and lichen specimens with particular reference to Canada. It includes the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Canadian Arctic plants.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Chromista, Protoctista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia, Chitinous fungi |
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| Phylum | Bryophyta, Xanthophyta, Anthophyta; coniferophyta, Arthropoda, Haptophyta, Xxanthophyta, Chordata, Rhodophyta, Chlorophycophyta, Charophyta, Prasinophyta, Pteridophyta, Magnoliophyta, Cercozoa, Chrysophycophyta, Tracheophyta, Rhodophycota, Euglenophycota, Chrysophyta, Phaeophycophyta, Ascomycota, Hepatophyta, Cyanophycota, Myxomycophyta, Basidiomycota, Bacillariophyta |
| Class | Bryopsida, Coniocybomycetes, Chrysophyceae, Magnoliatae, Polypodiopsida, Tremellomycetes, Filicopsida, Phaeophyceae, Liliopsida, Lycopodiopsida, Hepatopsida, Dothideomycetes, Euglenophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Musci, Lichinomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Pinopsida, Lecanoromycetes, Andreaeopsida, Sphagnopsida, Magnoliopsida, Charophyceae, Sordariomycetes, Chlorophyceae, Gnetopsida, Hepaticae, Actinopterygii, Anthocerotae, Arthoniomycetes, Agaricomycetes, Cystobasidiomycetes, Myxomycetes, Sareomycetes, Prymnesiophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Cycadopsida, Ascetosporea, Malacostraca, Rhodophyceae, Leotiomycetes, Xxliliatae |
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 1776 to current |
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Project Data
The Arctic Flora of Canada and Alaska project aims to produce a new flora for all vascular plants in the Arctic ecozone in Canada and northern Alaska.
| Title | Arctic Flora of Canada and Alaska |
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| Study Area Description | The Flora region includes the north slope of Alaska, arctic northern Yukon, about one third of the Northwest Territories, most of Nunavut, extreme northeastern Manitoba, northern Quebec, and a small portion of northern Newfoundland and Labrador. Within Hudson Bay, the Sleeper Islands, Belcher Islands, Ottawa Islands, Hopewell Islands and the northern Nastapoka Islands — all part of Nunavut — are part of the Flora region. |
| Design Description | The results of this research increase our knowledge of the diversity and distribution of Canadian Arctic vascular plants, which is fundamental to understanding the impact of environmental changes. The goals of this research are to produce a new web-based flora of Canadian Arctic vascular plants, develop a collection database of all northern Canadian plant collections, produce DNA barcodes for all Canadian Arctic vascular plants, resolve taxonomic problems in the Arctic flora, and analyze patterns of species and genetic diversity across the Canadian Arctic. This work provides baseline data for conservation, ecological monitoring and predictive modeling studies. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Point Of Contact
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Algae |
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| Collection Identifier | CANA |
| Parent Collection Identifier | National Herbarium of Canada |
| Collection Name | Bryophytes |
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| Collection Identifier | CANM |
| Parent Collection Identifier | National Herbarium of Canada |
| Collection Name | Lichens |
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| Collection Identifier | CANL |
| Parent Collection Identifier | National Herbarium of Canada |
| Collection Name | Vascular Plants |
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| Collection Identifier | CAN |
| Parent Collection Identifier | National Herbarium of Canada |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried, Alcohol, Formalin, Microscopic preparation |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 1e61b812-b2ec-43d0-bdbb-8534a761f74c |
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| 830da118-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a | |
| https://ipt.nature.ca/resource?r=cmn_herbarium |