Biodiversity Information Projects of the World

Australias Virtual Herbarium

Project Website

http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/avh/index.html

Project Description

Australia's Virtual Herbarium (AVH) is an on-line botanical information resource accessible via the web. It provides immediate access to the wealth of data associated with scientific plant specimens in each Australian herbarium. Six million specimen records, of particular value in displaying geographic distribution, will be enhanced by images, descriptive text and identification tools. The AVH is a collaborative project of the State, Commonwealth and Territory herbaria. It is being developed under the auspices of the Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), representing the major Australian collections.

Contact

Unknown
Webmaster
Council of the Heads of Australian Herbaria

Project Type

Data Indexer

Project Language

English

Project Start Date

01-Feb-1995

Key Inputs

Data from other Herbaria in Australia

Key Infrastructure

Links to Herbaria, including Australian Plan Names Index

Key Technologies

HISPID standard, tools

Key Processes

Indexing of data

Geographic Scope

National - Australia

Taxonomic Scope

Kingdom - Plantae

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