MEL AVH data

Occurrence
Latest version published on 22 December 2025
Publication date:
22 December 2025
Published by:
No organization
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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 1,103,348 records in English (239 MB) - Update frequency: weekly
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Description

Data for the Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) from the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)

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 1,103,348 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)
1103348
Identification 
1466357
Multimedia 
50485
Loan 
13249

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.

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; Occurrence

Contacts

Niels Klazenga
  • User
  • Biodiversity Informatics Developer
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
  • Birdwood Avenue
3004 Melbourne
Victoria
AU
  • 0392522346
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, Chromista, Myxomycota
Phylum Cyanobacteria

Project Data

No Description available

Title The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

The personnel involved in the project:

Additional Metadata