Description
This dataset includes 2,349 occurrences of pteridophytes associated with the 3,119 herbarium samples collected by Edmond Grangaud. These specimens were used as a basis for the book; "Guide des Fougères et plantes alliées des Mascareignes: La Réunion, Maurice et Rodrigues" which is the firt popular guide entirely dedicated to this plant group in the Mascarene region. The samples were collected between 1970 and 2018, mainly in Réunion.
This collection was donated to the REU Herbarium on May 2, 2023. The REU Herbarium is located at the Plant Protection Platform (3P) in Saint-Pierre, Réunion and is managed by the University of Réunion.
The specimens were inventoried, digitized and integrated into REU Herbarium database with the financial support of the French "Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche pour l'informatisation des collections scientifiques patrimoniales" (AAP 2022 and 2025).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2,439 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Gauche M, Grangaud E (2026). REU Herbarium – Edmond Grangaud Pteridophytes Collection. Version 1.0. PVBMT Research Unit, University of Reunion, CIRAD. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=collection_grangaud_01&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is PVBMT Research Unit, University of Reunion, CIRAD. 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: fbfd4073-eb34-465d-962f-90b3e7cc440f. PVBMT Research Unit, University of Reunion, CIRAD publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Collections manager
- Pôle de Protection des Plantes 7 chemin de l'IRAT
- Originator
Geographic Coverage
The herbarium specimens were collected in the Mascarene Islands, mainly in Réunion.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-21.78, 54.624], North East [-19.228, 63.984] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Class | Lycopodiopsida, Polypodiopsida |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1970-05-28 / 2018-08-30 |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Herbier Universitaire de la Réunion |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Dried and pressed |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=collection_grangaud_01 |
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