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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
  • Abrus (10)
  • Aeschynomene (2)
  • Aganope (20)
  • Airyantha (1)
  • Alysicarpus (2)
  • Amphimas (15)
  • Angylocalyx (34)
  • Baphia (181)
  • Baphiopsis (6)
  • Bobgunnia (17)
  • Cajanus (5)
  • Calopogonium (16)
  • Camoensia (12)
  • Canavalia (13)
  • Centrosema (12)
  • Craibia (11)
  • Crotalaria (35)
  • Cyclocarpa (4)
  • Dalbergia (113)
  • Dalbergiella (5)
  • Dalhousiea (45)
  • Desmodium (92)
  • Dewevrea (3)
  • Dioclea (7)
  • Drepanocarpus (1)
  • Eriosema (90)
  • Erythrina (3)
  • Galactia (3)
  • Haplormosia (11)
  • Indigofera (34)
  • Leptoderris (21)
  • Leucomphalos (11)
  • Lonchocarpus (7)
  • Machaerium (2)
  • Macroptilium (2)
  • Microcharis (1)
  • Millettia (171)
  • Mucuna (15)
  • Myroxylon (3)
  • Neonotonia (1)
  • Ormocarpum (11)
  • Ostryocarpus (3)
  • Phaseolus (2)
  • Physostigma (1)
  • Platysepalum (15)
  • Psophocarpus (4)
  • Pterocarpus (20)
  • Pueraria (7)
  • Rhynchosia (17)
  • Schefflerodendron (1)
  • Sesbania (4)
  • Sphenostylis (2)
  • Stylosanthes (32)
  • Swartzia (4)
  • Tephrosia (29)
  • Uraria (15)
  • Vigna (54)
  • Xanthocercis (3)
  • Zornia (32)