5. The Wherefore of Biodiversity
Heritage Library
The cultivation of
natural science cannot
be efficiently carried
on without reference
to an extensive library
Charles Darwin, et al
(1847)
6. 15 Member institutions …Formed in 2006
15 Members
•Academy of Natural Sciences Library
and Archives
•American Museum of Natural History
Library
•California Academy of Sciences Library
•Cornell University Library
•The Field Museum Library
•Harvard University Botany Libraries
•Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology
•Library of Congress
•Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution Library
•Missouri Botanical Garden Library
•Natural History Museum, London, Library
& Archives
•The New York Botanical Garden
•Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, Library &
Archives
•Smithsonian Institution Libraries
•United States Geological Survey
Libraries
42. Plant specimens
document occurrence
Heuchera sanguinea Engelm.
Collection Information
Collectors: • Wislizenus
Collection Number: 210
Collection Date: 06 October 1846
Location: Mexico, Chihuahua
Elevation: 7,000 ft
Description: Crimson flower
Locality: Mountains, rocks, at
Llanos near
Cosiquiriachi.
43. Data origin & annotation over time
< 1.Field label: origin of data
4.Annotation: revision >
^ 2.Herbarium label: synthesized data ^ 3.Annotation: locality
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46. Thanks for sticking around!
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