Natural History Collections
Reference library construction requires voucher specimens, and iBOL has benefited from access to specimens held by many natural history collections.
Map indicatiNG collections of >50,000 and >30,000 barcoded specimens.
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Finland
India
Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies, Aurangabad
Netherlands
Norway
United Kingdom
We highlight here institutions that have contributed more than 50,000 specimens for barcode analysis.
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
University of Pennsylvania
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Bernardino Rivadavia
Area de Conservacion Guanacaste
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Natural History Museum, London
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