Type Specimens of Plants (National Taiwan University)

Type

Collection

Collection Identifier

c0007

Description

The original specimen that acts as evidence in the discovery of a new species is known as the type specimen, and should be preserved permanently. The image, label, and collection of information about the specimen, as well as the original text and pictures from the time of species presentation are all included in the digital contents. There are presently more than 1,000 specimens of type species in total in the TAI main collection, of which 673 were collected in Taiwan, 206 in the Islands of Micronesia, 54 in mainland China (from Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, and Hainan, etc., with specimens from Hainan amounting to up to 25 items, 7 in Japan, and 30 in Okinawa. The rest were collected in Vietnam, Africa, and other places.

Size

Over 1000 items

Language

Chinese; English; Japanese 

Item Type

Physical object 

Item Format

image/jpeg; image/tiff

Rights

link

Access Rights

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Accrual Method

Field work; donation

Accrual Periodicity

Annual

Accrual Policy

Passive

Custodial History

The Herbarium of National Taiwan University (TAI) was founded in 1929, and took over part of the botanic specimens collection of the Japanese Governor-General’s Office of Taiwan. Since its establishment, the Herbarium has painstakingly collected botanic specimens from all over Taiwan’s mountain areas, as well as in nearby regions such as Hainan Island, the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa), and the South Pacific islands. 

Audience

Researchers

Subject

Botany; specimens

Spatial Coverage

Taiwan; the Islands of Micronesia; China; Japan; the Ryukyu Islands; Vietnam; Africa

Temporal Coverage

1895/

Dates Items Created

1895/ 

Collector

Taihoku Imperial University

Owner

College of Life Science, National Taiwan University

Is Located At

The Herbarium of National Taiwan University (TAI)

Is Accessed Via

link: http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/index.php

Super-Collection

Botany

Associated collection

General Specimens of Plants (National Taiwan University); Native Plants in Taiwan (Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica); Type Specimens of Vascular Plants (National Museum of Natural Science); Vascular Plants (National Museum of Natural Science)

Associated Publication

Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan（1993-2003）。Flora of Taiwan。Taipei, Taiwan : Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan臺灣植物誌（1926）。臺灣總督府民政部殖產局(編) (1911-1921)。Icones plantarum formosanarum : nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam。東京市：臺灣總督府民政部殖產局。臺灣總督府中央硏究所(編) (1925-1932)。Supplementa iconum plantarum Formosanarum。東京市：臺灣總督府中央硏究所。