Herbarium UGDA - Vascular Plants Collection

Occurrence
Latest version published by University of Gdańsk on Jun 24, 2025 University of Gdańsk
Publication date:
24 June 2025
Published by:
University of Gdańsk
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The collection of vascular plants of the Herbarium Universitatis Gedanensis (UGDA). Current GBIF distributed data include c. 130 000 specimens at the collections. The collection represent specimens from Poland, especially from Pomerania, including the area of ​​Słowiński and Woliński National Parks.

Data Records

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Gdańsk. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ecafe5de-e81e-4766-848d-326fafd87876.  University of Gdańsk publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Polish Biodiversity Information Network.

Keywords

Occurrence; Europe; Poland; Pomerania; the southern coast of the Baltic Sea; Specimen; Tracheophyta; vascular plants;

Contacts

Katarzyna Wszałek-Rożek
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Curator of Vascular Plants, Herbarium Universitatis Gedanensis
University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biology, Biological Resource Center Gdańsk
Wita Stwosza 59
80-308 Gdańsk
Pomerania
PL
Joanna Korybut-Orlowska
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Data and Collections Manager
University of Gdansk, Faculty of Biology, Herbarium Universitatis Gedanensis
Wita Stwosza 59
80-308 Gdansk
Pomerania
PL
Renata Afranowicz-Cieślak
  • Originator
Associate Professor
University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation
Wita Stwosza 59
80-308 Gdansk
Pomerania
PL
Ryszard Markowski
  • Originator
retired researcher, data provider
PL
Anna Wróblewska
  • Originator
technical employee, editor
University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation
PL

Geographic Coverage

Poland, Pomerania, Słowiński National Park, Woliński National Park

Bounding Coordinates South West [48.107, 12.656], North East [54.978, 26.543]

Taxonomic Coverage

Vascular Plants

Phylum Tracheophyta

Project Data

The aim of the project is to digitize and make available online the resources of Pomeranian herbaria, which will increase access to natural resources. The collected scientific data is addressed to a wide audience – scientific staff, students and pupils, as well as public administration and individual users.

Title Herbarium Pomeranicum Integrated Virtual Herbarium of Pomerania Herbarium Pomeranicum - Digitization and accessibility of herbarium collections of academic units of Pomerania through their connection and digital accessibility.
Identifier Herbarium Pomeranicum
Funding The project is implemented under the Operational Programme Digital Poland 2014-2020, Sub-measure: 2.3.1 Digital access to public sector information from administrative sources and scientific resources (Type II project: Digital access to scientific resources). POPC.02.03.01-00-0076/19-00

The personnel involved in the project:

Dariusz Szlachetko
  • Originator
Katarzyna Wszałek-Rożek
Joanna Korybyt-Orlowska

Collection Data

Collection Name Herbarium Universitatis Gedanensis
Collection Identifier UGDA
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers ecafe5de-e81e-4766-848d-326fafd87876
https://ipt.gbif.pl/resource?r=ugda-vp