Allan Herbarium (CHR)

Occurrence
Latest version published by Landcare Research on May 5, 2025 Landcare Research
Publication date:
5 May 2025
Published by:
Landcare Research
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Data as a DwC-A file download 356,240 records in English (102 MB) - Update frequency: weekly
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Description

Specimen data from the Allan Herbarium (CHR), Landcare Research, New Zealand.

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 356,240 records.

2 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.

Occurrence (core)
356240
Identification 
556734
Multimedia 
46248

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:

Landcare Research (2014-) Allan Herbarium (CHR) specimen data.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Landcare Research. 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: df582950-3b58-11dc-8c19-b8a03c50a862.  Landcare Research publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF New Zealand.

Keywords

Occurrence; indigenous; exotic; plant; algae; fern; lichen; brypohyte; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Aaron Wilton
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Allan Herbarium Database Manager
Landcare Research
  • Gerald Street
7640 Lincoln
Canterbury
NZ
  • +64 3 3219998
Bavo de Pauw
  • Programmer
  • contractor
Landcare Research
Lincoln
NZ

Geographic Coverage

Specimens from around world, but predominantly from New Zealand

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Vascular plants, lichens, mosses, liverworts, ferns, lycophytes and algae

Kingdom Plantae, Fungi
Class Bryophyta

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1714-01-01 / 2014-08-07

Collection Data

Collection Name Allan Herbarium
Collection Identifier CHR
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed
Curatorial Units Count 600,000 +/- 50,000 Sheet

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers df582950-3b58-11dc-8c19-b8a03c50a862
https://ipt.landcareresearch.co.nz/resource?r=allan_herbarium