Collaborative Research: CSBR: Natural History Collections: Magnolia grandiFLORA, digitally linking herbaria to support botanical research and education in Mississippi

合作研究：CSBR：自然历史收藏：Magnolia grandiFLORA，以数字方式连接植物标本室以支持密西西比州的植物学研究和教育

基本信息

批准号：
1203684
负责人：
Mac Alford
金额：
$ 20.23万
依托单位：
University of Southern Mississippi
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-07-01 至 2018-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203684&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research CSBR Natural History

Collaborative Research CSBR Natural History

项目摘要

The Magnolia grandiFLORA project, named in honor of the official state tree and flower of Mississippi, will develop digital databases of images, labels, and georeferenced locality data for more than 250,000 vascular plant specimens from herbaria at Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi, Delta State University, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, and Institute for Botanical Exploration. A web interface that allows for integrated database searches will be established through the High Performance Computing Collaboratory at Mississippi State University. Specimen imaging and label digitization will provide worldwide access to the collections, biological and geographical metadata for broad-scale studies based on plants, and a permanent back-up of specimen data in the event of natural or other disasters. The resulting high quality data set will provide tools for plant identification and information on plant distributions in Mississippi to government agencies, researchers, and the general public. These data have applications in tracking rare and invasive species, developing environmental policy, increasing citizen knowledge of the natural history of Mississippi, and enhancing K-12 science education with interactive tools. The data will contribute to the development of a comprehensive list of plants in Mississippi and national efforts to catalog and map plant diversity. Numerous undergraduate and graduate students will be involved in the project.

The Magnolia grandiFLORA project, named in honor of the official state tree and flower of Mississippi, will develop digital databases of images, labels, and georeferenced locality data for more than 250,000 vascular plant specimens from herbaria at Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi, Delta State University, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, and Institute for植物探索。允许进行集成数据库搜索的Web界面将通过密西西比州立大学的高性能计算协作建立。标本成像和标签数字化将为基于植物的大规模研究提供全球范围内的收集，生物和地理元数据，并在自然或其他灾害的情况下永久备份标本数据。由此产生的高质量数据集将为密西西比州，研究人员和公众提供有关工厂识别和信息的工具识别和信息。这些数据在跟踪稀有和入侵物种，制定环境政策，增加了公民对密西西比州自然历史的知识以及使用互动工具增强K-12科学教育的知识。该数据将有助于开发密西西比州的全面植物清单，并为策划和地图植物多样性进行编目和地图。许多本科生和研究生将参与该项目。