OCCURRENCE

MEL AVH data

Latest version published on 19 April 2024
This resource has not been registered with GBIF
Data for the Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) from the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)
Publication date:
19 April 2024
Hosted by:
No organization
License:
CC-BY 4.0

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,019,652 records.

3 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    1019652
  • Identification 
    1249982
  • Multimedia 
    37628
  • Loan 
    14540

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 1,065,984 records in English (214 MB) - Update frequency: weekly
Metadata as an EML file download in English (6 kB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (5 kB)

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has not been registered with GBIF

Keywords

Occurrence Specimen Herbarium; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Niels Klazenga
Biodiversity Informatics Developer
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Birdwood Avenue
3004 Melbourne
Victoria
AU
0392522346

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Niels Klazenga
Biodiversity Informatics Developer
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Birdwood Avenue
3004 Melbourne
Victoria
AU
0392522346

Who filled in the metadata:

Niels Klazenga
Biodiversity Informatics Developer
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Birdwood Avenue
3004 Melbourne
Victoria
AU
0392522346

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Niels Klazenga

Geographic Coverage

The data set contains records of herbarium specimens from all over the world, but with a focus on Australia.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium contains records of plants, algae, including cyanobacteria, and fungi, including slime molds.

Kingdom  Plantae,  Fungi
Phylum  Cyanobacteria,  Myxomycota

Additional Metadata