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Intermountain Herbarium Holdings: Specimen Database

The Intermountain Herbarium began databasing its specimen information in 1990, using Alpha Database Software. We now use Index Kentuckiensis. Today (August 13, 2009) we have 101,000 records in the database. This represents slightly over 40% of the specimens in the herbarium. Of the databased records, 33% are of Utah specimens and 29% are of grasses. About 46% of the databased records are georeferenced (have latitude and longitude information), an essential for mapping distributions.

Our priority for entering specimens into the database are 1) specimens involved in a herbarium transaction (additions, annotations, loan preparation or return), 3) Utah specimens.

Our records are made available via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.