A dataset from the Cryptogamia-Lichenes section of the Herbarium Universitatis Taurinensis (TO)

By

Piervittori, Rosanna
Isocrono, Deborah
Matteucci, Enrica
Morando, Mariagrazia
Dessì, Luca
Guglielmone, Laura
Rainer, Heimo
Martellos, Stefano
Moro, Andrea
Nimis, Pier Luigi
Conti, Matteo
Favero Longo, Sergio Enrico

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-2-6

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--10

Subjects

Biodiversity , collection , Georeference , Italy , Lichens

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e134717

 

Abstract

The section Cryptogamia-Lichenes of the Herbarium Universitatis Taurinensis (TO) includes ca. 34,600 lichen specimens, organised in the historical (ca. 30,700 specimens, mostly from the 19th century) and modern (ca. 3,900 specimens collected from 1978, out of which ca. 3400 from Italy) collections. Specimens from the administrative regions of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta (NW Italy) are the core of the modern collection, documenting floristic and vegetation studies, as well as biomonitoring campaigns and investigations on the biodeterioration of the stone cultural heritage.<br> The dataset of the Italian materials of the modern lichenological collection of TO, with 3,365 samples, is fully georeferenced and accessible in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), in the Jointly Administered Herbarium Management System and Specimen Database (JACQ) and in the Information System of Italian Lichens (ITALIC). With regard to the historical collection, only a set of 59 recently revised specimens is available on the mentioned platforms, but most of the materials are accessible as digital images on the website of the project HERB-TO-CHANGE.