Charles Darwin Foundation Collections Database

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Scientific Name
Enter the genus name or the specific epithet or both genus and specific epithet. The search will retrieve also all subspecies, varieties and forms for the scientific name of a species. Partial searches are possible, though must be 3 characters or more to avoid unnecessary load on the server. If you enter "Sca" in the genus search box you will retrieve all specimens for "Scalesia" but also all specimens for "Scadoxus" or scientific names that include the specific epithet "scalesiae".

Geographic Region
You can search either specimens from a group of islands or from a specific island or both. If you use the dropdown menus please make sure that your search parameters include a logical combination. For example, the Island Group "Santa Cruz" includes several smaller islands such as "Isla Baltra", "Isla Daphne Mayor", "Isla Daphne Menor", etc. Thus, the combination of Island Group "Santa Cruz" and Island Name "Isla Pinzon" will not yield any results.
If you are not sure which Island Group a particular island belongs to or how a particular island is named, best select "not specified" and then enter a partial match in the free text box provided.

Collection
Here you can restrict the search to a particular collection choosing the collection acronym from the drop down box. Accession numbers are unique for their particular collections only.

Collector
Here you can search by surname, the person who collected a specimen in the field. A Collection Number may also be searched.

Current number of specimens online: 85677
Database last updated: July 26th, 2011 @ 5:16pm

Scientific Name

Genus
Species

Geographic Region

Island Group	Not Specified Darwin Española Fernandina Floreana Genovesa Isabela Marchena Pinta Pinzón San Cristóbal Santa Cruz Santa Fé Santiago unknown Wolf
Island Name	Not Specified

Collection

Collection Acronym

Not Specified AHFH - University of Southern California Herbarium (AHFH) B - Herbarium of Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin B-KOELN - Lichen Collection G. Follmann B-TFMC - Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Tenerife CAS - Ornithology Collection at California Academy of Sciences CAS - Ichthyology Collection at California Academy of Sciences CAS - Herbarium at California Academy of Sciences CAS-DS - Dudley Herbarium of Stanford University at California Academy of Sciences CDS - Herbarium at Charles Darwin Research Station CNC - Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes COLO - Herbarium at University of Colorado Museum FH - Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany FH-TUCK - Tuckerman Collection in Farlow Herbarium H - Herbarium of the University of Helsinki hb. Bungartz - Private Lichen Collection of Frank Bungartz ICCDRS - Terrestrial Invertebrate Collection at Charles Darwin Research Station K - Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew LAF - Herbarium of University of Louisiana at Lafayette MCCDRS - Marine Invertebrate Collection at Charles Darwin Research Station MHNG - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève MONZ - Museum of New Zealand - Entomology NY - New York Botannical Garden OSC - Herbarium of Oregon State University QCA - Herbarium of Catholic University in Quito RML - Rock Mountain Laboratory S - Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm TNS - Herbarium at the National Museum of Nature and Science U - Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Unknown - Unknown US - Smithsonian Institution, United States National Herbarium USNM - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History USNPC - US National Parasite Collection VCCDRS - Vertebrate Collection at Charles Darwin Research Station

Accession #

Collector

Last Name
Collection #