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Collections in the Plant Research Laboratory of The New York Botanical Garden

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The Plant Research Laboratory at The New York Botanical Garden maintains a variety of research samples for biodiversity studies. The collections are the products of botanical exploration, laboratory research, collaborations, and donations from the scientific community. These collections are enumerated, and information about herbarium voucher specimens, the history of the collections, and their current use is provided.

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  1. Collections made from the garden in Cienfuegos in 1968 are attributed to Ovidio Ponce and R. Castillo (E. R. Bécquer, pers. comm.).

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Acknowledgments

The efforts of numerous technicians, students, and volunteers who physically curated and cataloged the PRL collections, thus preserving their integrity and enhancing their accessibility, is gratefully acknowledged. E. R. Bécquer Granados (HAJB); L. Klebieko, M. Tulig, K. Watson, A. Weiss (Steere Herbarium); S. Sinon and J. Dorfman (Mertz Library) provided collections information for this manuscript or assistance with the web references cited herein. P. K. Holmgren and D. W. Stevenson made valuable comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. Collections refurbishment and curation was supported by the National Science Foundation (BRC-0846412 and DBI-1203278).

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Campbell, L.M. Collections in the Plant Research Laboratory of The New York Botanical Garden. Brittonia 68, 341–347 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-016-9425-5

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