Historical collections in the Herbarium of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (CWU)
Citation
Bondarenko H, Siranskyi V, Gamulya Y (2023). Historical collections in the Herbarium of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (CWU). Version 1.1. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/f8vnn6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-12.Description
The dataset represents the historical part of the Herbarium of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (CWU). Specimens in these collections were collected by well-known botanists and naturalists of the 19th century.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The dataset contains the records of the specimens collected from Europe in the Middle of the 19th century. Most specimens were gathered from the territory of modern Germany, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and so on.Sampling
We extracted the information from herbarium labels. Most records have modified names of taxa in case they have corresponding names in the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy or other nomenclature checklists available in the GBIF (e.g. Lejeunia spp. that is mentioned in the labels we fixed into Lejeunea spp.). Nevertheless, some nomenclature names were given according to the original names given on labels. The dataset contains the original descriptions (in German, Latin, French etc.) of the locality and the modified descriptions in English. We determined the geographical coordinates of each record based on the locality description. We used open sources (Google Maps, Google Earth, OpenStreet Map, the images of old maps etc.) to find the approximate locality where the specimens were collected. However, some labels have no enough information to find even an approximate locality so these records contain information about the country of the gatherings only.Quality Control
Data quality control was provided using some tools that fix different types of mistakes. We fix the mechanical mistakes in OpenRefine and taxonomical mistakes in integrated to the GBIF Species matching tool.Method steps
- 1. Creating the spreadsheet in GoogleSheets. It is a useful method to make the row database in different places, on different devices, at any time. 2. To determine what kind of fields and how to give names to them correctly, we used information from the GBIF's webpage 'Data quality requirements: Occurrence datasets' (https://www.gbif.org/uk/data-quality-requirements-occurrences) and Darwin Core Quick Reference Guide (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#resourcerelationship). 3. Based on information from herbarium labels, we filled the fields for each herbarium specimen. 4. Each specimen was scanned and images were downloaded to cloud storage. 5. The links to images must be added to the field with a corresponding record. 6. Download the spreadsheet with the database in .csv format. 7. Upload the spreadsheet (.csv file) to OpenRefine for data cleaning. 8. Data cleaning includes some steps. E.g. delete excessive whitespaces at the beginning and the end of a word and between words. Conjunctive similar words into one correct value. Faceting the dates and coordinates. 9. Checking the correspondence of the nomenclature names with the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup) and fixing the mistakes in the taxonomy.
Taxonomic Coverages
N/A
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Targioniaceaerank: family
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Scapaniaceaerank: family
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Lepidoziaceaerank: family
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Aytoniaceaerank: family
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Marchantiophytarank: phylum
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Blepharostomataceaerank: family
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Spaerocarpalesrank: order
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Plagiochilaceaerank: family
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Conocephalaceaerank: family
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Fossombronialesrank: order
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Ptilidialesrank: order
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Fossombroniaceaerank: family
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Blasialesrank: order
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Gymnomitriaceaerank: family
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Sphaerocarpalesrank: order
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Cephaloziaceaerank: family
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Metzgerialesrank: order
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Marchantialesrank: order
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Ricciaceaerank: family
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Metzgeriaceaerank: family
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Pellialesrank: order
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Sphaerocarpaceaerank: family
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Plantaerank: kingdom
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Riellaceaerank: family
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Ptilidiaceaerank: family
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Blasiaceaerank: family
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Jungermannialesrank: order
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Lophoziaceaerank: family
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Myliaceaerank: family
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Trichocoleaceaerank: family
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Jungermanniopsidarank: class
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Marchantiaceaerank: family
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Anastrophyllaceaerank: family
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Porellalesrank: order
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Radulaceaerank: family
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Herbertaceaerank: family
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Lophocoleaceaerank: family
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Pelliaceaerank: family
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Marchantiopsidarank: class
Geographic Coverages
The geography of the specimens covers mainly Europe but some occurrences were made in Northern Africa, and Central and Southern Asia.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Heorhii Bondarenkooriginator
position: Technical administrator
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: h.m.bondarenko@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9936-3482
Vladyslav Siranskyi
originator
position: Assistant
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
Yurii Gamulya
originator
position: Curator of the Herbarium
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: y.gamulya@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9596-3894
Heorhii Bondarenko
metadata author
position: Technical administrator
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: h.m.bondarenko@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9936-3482
Heorhii Bondarenko
principal investigator
position: Technical administrator
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: h.m.bondarenko@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9936-3482
Yurii Gamulya
curator
position: Curator of the Herbarium
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: y.gamulya@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9596-3894
Vladyslav Siranskyi
metadata author
position: Assistant
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
Yurii Gamulya
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of the Herbarium
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: y.gamulya@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9596-3894
Alla Gromakova
administrative point of contact
position: Head of the Department
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: alla.gromakova@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8007-9174
Heorhii Bondarenko
administrative point of contact
position: Technical administrator
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Svobody Sq., 4
Kharkiv
61022
Kharkiv Region
UA
email: h.m.bondarenko@karazin.ua
homepage: https://botany.univer.kharkov.ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9936-3482