DBG Tissue and DNA Bank

Occurrence
Latest version published by VertNet on Jul 26, 2021 VertNet
Publication date:
26 July 2021
Published by:
VertNet
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

The Denver Botanic Gardens' Tissue and DNA Bank is primarily comprised of silica-gel dried plant tissue samples. Plants represented are typically from the Southern Rocky Mountain Region. Tissue samples are collected as part of floristic survey or population genetics study.

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 2,894 records.

6 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)
2894
MaterialSample 
2894
Permit 
2894
Preparation 
2894
Preservation 
2894
ResourceRelationship 
2894
MeasurementOrFacts 
1632

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

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Levy R (2021): DBG Tissue and DNA Bank. v1.9. VertNet. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=tissue_and_dna_bank&v=1.9

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is VertNet. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 5e4a4046-2946-465d-b15a-29ad9d70238d.  VertNet publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Denver Botanic Gardens; DBG; KHD; Kathryn Kalmbach; GGI Gardens; Global Genome Initiative; GGBN; Specimen; Tissue

Contacts

Rick Levy
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
  • Point Of Contact
  • Database Associate
Denver Botanic Gardens
  • 909 York Street
80204 Denver
Colorado
US
  • 1-720-865-3657
Jennifer Ramp-Neale
  • Point Of Contact
  • Director of Research and Conservation
Denver Botanic Gardens
  • 909 York Street
80206 Denver
Colorado
US
  • 1-720-865-3562

Geographic Coverage

Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountain Region

Bounding Coordinates South West [31.203, -116.895], North East [49.038, -99.316]

Taxonomic Coverage

Vascular Plants

Species Phacelia formosula, Physaria congesta

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period Quaternary

Project Data

The Denver Botanic Gardens’ herbaria and biorepository document vascular plant and fungal biodiversity in Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountain Region.

Title Denver Botanic Gardens Tissue and DNA Biorepository

The personnel involved in the project:

Jennifer Neale

Sampling Methods

Sample and Specimen Collection

Study Extent Colorado, United States of America

Method step description:

  1. Sample and Specimen Collection

Additional Metadata

We would like to thank Gabriele Dröge (BGBM) for her outstanding aid in creating this dataset.

Purpose

Provide biorepository data for Global Genomic Biodiversity Network

Alternative Identifiers 5e4a4046-2946-465d-b15a-29ad9d70238d
http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=tissue_and_dna_bank