The 800,000 specimens in the database come from regions including South-east Asia, New Guinea and East Asia.
The Singapore ginger is an example of a type specimen that has been digitised in the Singapore Botanic Gardens Herbarium.
The database will be the largest of its kind in South-east Asia to date, and people from around the world can access it. A type specimen is a preserved specimen designated as the primary reference for a newly described species, genus, or other taxonomic group. Researchers who want to access the herbarium’s plant collection for examination in person have to make arrangements to visit before travelling there to conduct their work.
This tree cotton is one of the oldest specimens in the Singapore Botanic Gardens Herbarium, dating back to 1793. PHOTO: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD
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