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Herbier National du Gabon (LBV-Botany)

Contacts: Nestor Obiang, Curator, engoneobiangnestor@gmail.com
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 8 September 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
LBV IPT Import
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 41,973 specimen records
  • 41,702 (99%) georeferenced
  • 14 (0.03%) with images (14 total images)
  • 34,097 (81%) identified to species
  • 203 families
  • 1,352 genera
  • 4,446 species
  • 4,837 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthus (27)
  • Adhatoda (17)
  • Anisosepalum (4)
  • Anisotes (4)
  • Ascotheca (3)
  • Asystasia (69)
  • Brachystephanus (6)
  • Brillantaisia (53)
  • Chlamydocardia (3)
  • Crossandrella (3)
  • Dicliptera (3)
  • Dischistocalyx (67)
  • Elytraria (21)
  • Eremomastax (7)
  • Hypoestes (13)
  • Justicia (75)
  • Lankesteria (4)
  • Lepidagathis (2)
  • Mendoncia (30)
  • Nelsonia (13)
  • Odontonema (1)
  • Phaulopsis (22)
  • Physacanthus (64)
  • Pseuderanthemum (40)
  • Pseudocalyx (10)
  • Rhinacanthus (21)
  • Ruellia (16)
  • Rungia (1)
  • Saintpauliopsis (4)
  • Sclerochiton (7)
  • Staurogyne (34)
  • Stenandriopsis (2)
  • Stenandrium (34)
  • Thomandersia (196)
  • Thunbergia (12)
  • Whitfieldia (11)