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Fern and Lycophyte Collections at the BRIT Herbarium

Taxonomy and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes Program

Currently, we make part of a three-year grant from the United States National Science Foundation to digitize and image the approximately 40,000 specimens of ferns and lycophytes in the BRIT’s herbarium.

Pteridoportal is the data portal, where you can access the digitized herbarium specimens. In addition to BRIT, 35 other institutions are contributing data to the portal!

Check our Related Article below to learn more about the ferns and lycophyte collections at BRIT. 

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