Versieux Leonardo M, Dávila Nállarett, Delgado Geadelande C, de Sousa Valdeci F, de Moura Edweslley Otaviano, Filgueiras Tarciso, Alves Marccus V, Carvalho Eric, Piotto Daniel, Forzza Rafaela C, Calvente Alice, Jardim Jomar G
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Campus Universitário, Lagoa Nova, Natal, RN, 59.072-970, Brazil.
Serviço Florestal Brasileiro, SCEN, Av. L4, Trecho 2, Bloco H, Brasília, DF, 70.818-900, Brazil.
PhytoKeys. 2017 Sep 18(86):43-74. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.86.13775. eCollection 2017.
A National Forest Inventory (NFI) encompassing the entire territory of Brazil is in progress. It is coordinated and promoted by the Brazilian Forest Service of the Ministry of Environment. In each state, the NFI collaborates with local herbaria by receiving collected plant material and performing species identification. Consultants are hired by the NFI and work at the local herbaria under the supervision of a curator. In exchange for curatorial assistance, the NFI provides equipment and consumables for the herbarium. Other public projects collaborating with NFI are Reflora and the Brazilian Biodiversity Information System (SiBBr). Both projects have online platforms that seek to connect herbaria and make all their data freely available, including high quality digital images of specimens. Through inter-institutional collaboration, the joint interests of NFI, Reflora, SiBBr and local herbaria have improved collections, expanded the online Reflora database, and provided the NFI with verified species lists. These strategic uses of public funding are positively affecting Botany, particularly during a period of economic crisis and cuts in research. Here, we illustrate the increase in floristic knowledge through the improvement of a herbarium collection in Rio Grande do Norte (RN) - the Brazilian state with the lowest levels of plant richness. We report 71 new occurrences of vascular plants for RN, belonging mainly to the Poaceae, Fabaceae and Malvaceae. Most of the species with new occurrences have a Neotropical distribution (21 spp.) and only seven are restricted to the Brazilian Northeast. Our findings highlight previous gaps in RN's floristic knowledge. The partnership NFI, Reflora, SiBBr and the UFRN herbarium improved herbarium curation, digital collection, and quality of data. Finally, a fellowship provided by Reflora and SiBBr allowed improving curation by distributing duplicates and incorporating the Herbarium of Câmara Cascudo Museum.
一项覆盖巴西全境的国家森林资源清查（NFI）正在进行中。该清查由环境部的巴西森林服务局协调和推动。在每个州，国家森林资源清查与当地植物标本馆合作，接收采集到的植物材料并进行物种鉴定。国家森林资源清查聘请顾问，他们在馆长的监督下在当地植物标本馆工作。作为馆长协助的交换，国家森林资源清查为植物标本馆提供设备和耗材。与国家森林资源清查合作的其他公共项目有“植物再发现计划”（Reflora）和巴西生物多样性信息系统（SiBBr）。这两个项目都有在线平台，旨在连接植物标本馆并使其所有数据免费可用，包括高质量的标本数字图像。通过机构间合作，国家森林资源清查、“植物再发现计划”、巴西生物多样性信息系统和当地植物标本馆的共同利益改善了馆藏，扩大了“植物再发现计划”在线数据库，并为国家森林资源清查提供了经过核实的物种清单。这些对公共资金的战略利用正在对植物学产生积极影响，特别是在经济危机和研究经费削减时期。在此，我们通过改善北里奥格兰德州（RN）——巴西植物丰富度最低的州——的植物标本馆馆藏来说明植物区系知识的增加。我们报告了北里奥格兰德州71种新出现的维管植物，主要属于禾本科、豆科和锦葵科。大多数新出现的物种具有新热带分布（21种），只有7种局限于巴西东北部。我们的发现凸显了北里奥格兰德州植物区系知识以前存在的空白。国家森林资源清查、“植物再发现计划”、巴西生物多样性信息系统与北里奥格兰德联邦大学植物标本馆之间的合作改善了植物标本馆的管理、数字化馆藏和数据质量。最后，“植物再发现计划”和巴西生物多样性信息系统提供的一项奖学金通过分发复制品和并入卡马拉·卡斯库多博物馆植物标本馆来改善管理。
