@prefix aiiso: . @prefix cc: . @prefix dc1: . @prefix dcat: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix mads: . @prefix org1: . @prefix owl: . @prefix skos: . @prefix tdwgi: . @prefix vcard: . @prefix void: . @prefix xsd: . a void:DatasetDescription ; cc:license ; foaf:primaryTopic . a aiiso:Institution, org1:Organization, foaf:Organization ; tdwgi:acronymOrCoden "NHMUK" ; tdwgi:institutionType ; owl:sameAs , ; foaf:name "Natural History Museum" . a dcat:Dataset ; dc1:creator [ a vcard:Person ; vcard:fn "Ranee Om Prakash; Geoff Dart; Gabriella Gilliat; Kathryn Campion" ] ; dc1:identifier <10.5519/tt7g7ykm> ; dc1:issued "2024-08-06T14:37:38.561129"^^xsd:dateTime ; dc1:license ; dc1:modified "2026-09-09T12:39:46.352811"^^xsd:dateTime ; dc1:temporal "1800s to current" ; dc1:title "The seed plants fluid collection at the Natural History Museum" ; dcat:contactPoint ; dcat:description """This dataset represents over three thousand seed plants fluid collection at the Natural History Museum that have been recently recurated with 70% IMS (Industrial methylated spirit). The data can also be seen by using the link: https://data.nhm.ac.uk/search/expressly-active-dormouse.\r The collections are arranged as per jar size rather than taxonomically in order to maximise space. \r The collection ranges from early 19th century to the current era and it continues to grow with material incorporated with recent acquisitions. Over 150 families are represented with some important type specimens such as the world's largest flower-Rafflesia arnoldii R.Br collected by Raffles and Arnold. Other notable collections include several types of orchids collected by C.E. Carr from New Guinea during the second world war and John Gossweiler from Angola. The largest collection is from Nancy Garwood (over 700 bottles) which consists of some carpological material collected from Panama as well as seedlings. Several collections have corresponding herbarium sheets in the General Herbarium. By curating these collections, we have now made these collections accessible. We hope that more people interested in these collections will be able to make use of these collections for their research and help us to update the collections by way of adding determinations. The data will be eventually ingested in KE-Emu, the Museum's database in due course. A paper on "Re-curation of the seed plants fluid collection at the Natural History Museum" has been published by Prakash, R.O., Gilliat, G., Dart, G., and Campion, K. in \r Journal of Natural Science Collections, Volume 13, pages 54 - 62. """ ; dcat:distribution , ; dcat:keyword "carpological material", "fluid material", "global biodiversity", "herbarium sheet", "ims", "spirit material" ; dcat:landingPage , ; dcat:theme [ a skos:Concept ; skos:prefLabel "Collections" ] . a vcard:Person ; mads:hasAffiliation ; vcard:fn "Ranee Prakash" ; vcard:hasEmail . a dcat:Distribution ; dc1:description "The data set represents seed plants material stored in fluids, where several specimens have corresponding herbarium sheets in the General herbarium. The collections have been recently recurated with 70% IMS and are arranged jar-size wise. Although the collection is small with just over three thousand specimens, it is an important collection representing biodiversity around the world with some type specimens collected by several collectors spanning a time scale dating back to early 18th century. Those wishing to research and physically examine these collections are welcome to book an appointment with the curation team. " ; dc1:title "Seed plants fluid collections at the Natural History Museum" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dc1:description "This Index to the collections is arranged as per family alphabetically. One can locate the collections taxa wise and looking at the cabinet/shelf/tray number on the right hand side of the table. Taxa names as recorded originally have been checked for current taxonomy and where names have changed, they are reflected in new determination. Country, locality details, habitat notes, plant description, name of the collector (s) followed by collection number, collection date and registration numbers (barcode numbers) of the specimens databased have also been given. Several specimens have corresponding herbarium sheets in the General Herbarium. Type specimens are highlighted in red. " ; dc1:format "XLSX" ; dc1:title "Index to the seed plants fluid collection.xlsx" ; dcat:accessURL ; dcat:byteSize 646527.0 ; dcat:mediaType "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet" .