Digital Herbarium - NGCPR
Citation
Trivedi S, Nandikar M, Chaudhari R, Dhabak M, Bramhadande S (2023). Digital Herbarium - NGCPR. Naoroji Godrej Centre For Plant Research (NGCPR). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/x8dbz9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-15.Description
The Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR) has been conducting quality research and threat status assessments leading to the conservation of native and endemic plant diversity of India. The Centre houses a diverse collection of herbarium specimens collected from various locations across India. These herbarium specimens are being preserved at the Research Centre facility located near Shirval, District Satara, Maharashtra, India. Additional information about NGCPR can be accessed at www.ngcpr.org.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The NGCPR Digital Herbarium project was aimed at developing herbarium followed by digitization. Under this project plant specimens were collected from various locations in the natural habitats from the Western Ghats, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and other parts of India. A total of 1994 herbarium specimens were developed and digitized covering 12 states, one union territory and one island.Sampling
Plant specimens were collected from various locations in India. During the collection, information such as plant scientific name, place of collection, date, collectors name and collection number were recorded in the field record books. These specimens were then dried and mounted on herbarium sheet after which details were entered in the herbarium specimen sheets. A barcode with unique ID number was provided to each herbarium specimen. For the digitization process, the barcoded herbarium specimens were scanned using a camera and high resolution images were stored as digital herbarium.Quality Control
The identification of plant specimens was conducted with the help of literature review of flora, illustrations, photographs, comparison with properly identified herbarium specimens, and consultation with taxonomists and herbarium experts. While preparing the herbarium care was taken to ensure that the plant specimens collected in the field included flowers, fruits and portions of the uninfected stem with leaves.Method steps
- Plant specimens were collected from various locations in India. During the collection, information such as plant scientific name, place of collection, date, collectors name and collection number were recorded in the field record books. These specimens were then dried and mounted on herbarium sheet after which details were entered in the herbarium specimen sheets. A barcode with unique ID number was provided to each herbarium specimen. For the digitization process, the barcoded herbarium specimens were scanned using a camera and high resolution images were stored as digital herbarium.
Taxonomic Coverages
The digital database repository contains a total of 1994 herbarium specimens consisting of 277 genera belonging to 91 family from 34 order under 2 classes Liliopsida and Magnoliopsida described under phylum Tracheophyta and kingdom Plantae.
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Plantaecommon name: Plants rank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
The plant specimens used for developing digital herbarium is collected from various locations across India. The geographic coverage includes 12 states (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Tamilnadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal), one union territory (Puducherry) and one island (Andaman and Nicobar).
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Shivam Trivedioriginator
position: Scientist
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: 7709159907
email: shivamt@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-4306
Mayur Nandikar
originator
position: Scientist
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: +9122-67965905
email: ngcpr@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8626-3669
Rushabh Chaudhari
originator
position: Project Assistant
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: +9122-67965905
email: ngcpr@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-6599
Maniruddin Dhabak
originator
position: Project Assistant
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: +9122-67965905
email: ngcpr@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1349-2529
Sneha Bramhadande
originator
position: Project Assistant
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: +9122-67965905
email: ngcpr@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4033-5070
Shivam Trivedi
metadata author
position: Scientist
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: 7709159907
email: shivamt@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-4306
Vijay Mohan Crishna
owner
position: Director
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: +9122-67965905
email: ngcpr@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
Smita Godrej Crishna
owner
position: Director
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: +9122-67965905
email: ngcpr@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
Shivam Trivedi
administrative point of contact
position: Scientist
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: 7709159907
email: shivamt@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-4306
Sagar Datir
administrative point of contact
position: Scientist
Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research
Gat 431, Lawkim Campus, Shindewadi
Shirwal
412801
Maharashtra
IN
Telephone: 8412013810
email: sdatir@godrej.com
homepage: http://www.ngcpr.org
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0065-498X