Building the Grootbos Foundation Plant Herbarium

Building the Grootbos Foundation Plant Herbarium

Grootbos Foundation

Building the Grootbos Foundation Plant Herbarium

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Snapshot 1 from the everyday tasks of the research team currently working on scientific collections: the Natural Science Collections Facility have barcoded the Grootbos Foundation herbarium specimens and has started organising them into genus and species folders. The next step will be to capture digital images of all the specimens. Watch this space for progress...

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Everyday snapshot 2: These are the scale bars that will be used when imaging the specimens, branded with our logo so external researchers instantly recognise the specimen is part of the Grootbos Foundation Plant Herbarium.

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Everyday snapshot 3: Setting up the light box for imaging.

Building the Grootbos Foundation Plant Herbarium

Grootbos Foundation

Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai dedicated to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom while uplifting the communities that call it home. The foundation protects over 22,200 hectares of fynbos and biodiversity across Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walker Bay...

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