DigiWeb Early practise

Data entry of Oslo herbarium©Mira Sääskilahti, Riitta Tegelberg

Species name

• Example: Betula pendula

• Write epithet always in small letter (even if it’s big letter in label)

• Write name from the newest label!• Examples: Betula pendula Roth / Poa annua L. – Roth and L.: names of the fathers of the species -> do not

write Roth or L.

Genus Specific epithet

An example of the label

Genus: CyanotisSpecific Epithet: foecundaCollected by: Bjørnstad, A.Collector's record number: AB 1508

Commelinaceae?Family name, do not writeUsually family: -aceae or -ae

If first name is entirely written, write full name: for e.g. Bjørnstad, Inger

Plant name, more than 2 words

Examples• Vaccinium vitis-idaea

‒ Vaccinium = genus, vitis-idaea = specific epithet

• Brassica rapa ssp. rapa‒ ssp = subspecies -> do not write ssp. rapa‒ ssp. = subsp.

• Betula pendula var. carelica‒ var. = variety -> do not write var. carelica

• Betula pendula f. bircalensis• f. = forma -> do not write f. bircalensis

Plant name, ?• Salix glauca × myrsinifolia‒ Crossing between 2 species (S. glauca and S. myrsinifolia)

• Tilia × vulgaris– Crossing, own name (no fathers and mothers mentioned)

• You can use x instead of ו Cucumis sativus ’Market More’‒ ’Market More’ is a commercial name –> do not write

• Poa sp./indet./alien/ignota = epithet not known, leave empty

Collected by: Widgren

Notice: names may be only surnames, shortenings etc. Write what you see, someone may later fill the gaps

Collector's record number: 206

Why: after collector’s name. May also be next to date

Year: 1905

Why 1905? Old handwriting, use of XI. Why not 1805? Printed label

Country: Brazil.

Why? Herbarium at Stockholm is Brasil Regnellian – specialised in Brasilian region

Collected by: Regnell, A. F.

Country: Ecuador

Collected by: Eggers, H.

Year: 1893 (not 1993, because det. 1930 – 1939)

Administrative place/state province: Madeira

904 is not Collector's record number. It’s not next to collector or date and it’s written later – in this case it's number of

the genus. Other numbers occurring may be catalog / archive / etc. numbers

Note the tips in boxes!