What are we doing in a herbarium? A talk at ISF

A Talk at the ISF | Independent Schools Foundation (https://www.isf.edu.hk/)

Download the slides: why_plant_biodiversity.pdf

Why plant biodiversity is important and what we are doing in a herbarium?

Here is the working flow:

  1. Collecting in the field: pay attention not to collect from small populations, fill in the field book
  2. Pressing the specimens
  3. Drying the specimens: 55℃ for 24hrs
  4. Mounting: Follow the Herbarium Handbook
  5. Printing labels: using the herblabel package
  6. Freezing: -18℃ for 14days
  7. Barcoding: Encoded in ISO128
  8. Scanning: 600dpi
  9. Filing: according to the APG III classification system