3d4ffe18-fbab-4a5a-bbf7-651945468537 eng utf8 dataset dataset NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact 2004-10-21 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry 2008-11-12 publication European Petroleum Survey Group EPSGadministrator@iogp.org https://www.epsg-registry.org/ EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry. information publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031 6.18.3 Antarctic Plant Database (database of the BAS Herbarium) 2004-10-21 creation 2004-10-21 revision 2004-10-21 publication 2004-10-21 released 1 3d4ffe18-fbab-4a5a-bbf7-651945468537 uuid GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00023 https://data.bas.ac.uk/ Please cite this item as: None This database contains information on the herbarium specimens held in the herbarium of the British Antarctic Survey (international code AAS) as well as information about specimens collected in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic and held in other world herbaria. There are over 70 000 records, predominantly of mosses and lichens, but also of vascular plants, ferns, fungi and algae collected in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions as well as some from surrounding continents, particularly South America. The collection from South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands started in 1775 and from Antarctica in 1834. Documents relating to the Herbarium are kept in the BAS Archives (LS2/4). The records can be searched and downloaded on: http://apex.nerc-bas.ac.uk/f?p=148:1. There is also a facility to see a distribution map of specimens retrieved by querying the database. No credit. completed Peat, Helen Researcher author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact asNeeded completed EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Algae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Ferns EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Flowering Plants EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Lichens EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Mosses and Liverworts theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026-01-27 publication 23 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD United States of America https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Species distribution biogeography fungus herbarium lichen liverwort moss taxonomy vascular plants theme Argentina Bouvet Island South Georgia Island Chile Falkland Islands Gough Island Macquarie Island South Orkney Islands South Shetland Islands South America Crozet Kerguelen Island Antarctica South Sandwich Islands Marion Island Heard Island McDonald Islands place Habitats and biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-01-06 revision otherRestrictions no limitations to public access otherRestrictions no limitations license Open Government Licence v3.0 url url crossReference url url crossReference textTable eng utf8 biota -180.0 180.0 -90.0 0.0 1775-01-01 1775-01-01 It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information distributor bytes 1 http://apex.nerc-bas.ac.uk/f?p=148:1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download bytes 1 http://apex.nerc-bas.ac.uk/f?p=148:2 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download dataset Methodology: Botanical specimens have been collected since pre-BAS time. Specimens have been stored in a herbarium which has been housed in several locations since the 1950s (British Museum, Birmingham University, Queen Mary's College, London). In 1970 the first computerised system for listing the specimens became operational. In the 1970s the herbarium and database formed part of the NERC Bryophyte Centre as part of the Institute for Terrestrial Ecology. The centre was originally based at Birmingham University and then moved to the Bush Research Station of ITE, an Edinburgh University site near Penicuik, Midlothian. In 1983 it was no longer possible to get computer support for the system used for the database. A new database was made using STATUS software on the IBM computer at the Institute of Hydrology at Wallingford. The database was named the Antartic Plant Database. In 1988 the herbarium and database returned to BAS. The database is now an Oracle database and is maintained in the Polar Data Centre. Data quality: Validated Data having undergone some initial despiking or cleaning. Database records are generally accurate, some species identifications may not be correct and some are incomplete. asNeeded completed