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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
  • Actinoschoenus (5)
  • Afrotrilepis (7)
  • Anosporum (1)
  • Ascolepis (3)
  • Bulbostylis (53)
  • Cyperus (230)
  • Eleocharis (21)
  • Fimbristylis (55)
  • Fuirena (29)
  • Hypolytrum (40)
  • Kyllinga (12)
  • Lipocarpha (6)
  • Mapania (111)
  • Mariscus (4)
  • Pycreus (7)
  • Remirea (12)
  • Rhynchospora (51)
  • Schoenoplectus (4)
  • Scleria (106)