Everlasting Plants: The U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium

The botanical treasures within our preserved collection are waiting to be revealed. Help us create a virtual herbarium for the whole world to discover and enjoy.

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Joe Hughes

Joe Hughes

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This specimen is labelled as being collected by 'Herbarium Committee',  what is the best way this should be entered into the collector field?

  • Harlan Svoboda

    Harlan Svoboda

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    This can be entered verbatim, as "Herbarium Committee".

    The same would be true for other collection teams and even expeditions (e.g., "NACPEC96", which represents the entire North America-China Plant Exploration Consortium collecting team in 1996).