Sample databases
Sample BRAHMS databases are available to download for the genera Inga, Leucaena and Pinus for Latin America. These data include full nomenclature and detailed specimen data with mapping references. These databases can be opened using the BRAHMS software and used for training purposes.
If working through the BRAHMS TRAINING GUIDE, and you do not have access to the conifer database, choose the Leucaena sample to work with as this also includes species descriptive text.
The Inga database (T. D. Pennington, RBG Kew) contains approximately 10000 collection records which were assembled during 5 years spent preparing a complete monographic treatment of the genus. These specimens are partly the result of 2 years fieldwork and partly derived from visits to all the major herbaria of the USA and Europe, plus numerous collections seen at local herbaria in Central and South America. The records contain information on common names, uses, phenology as well as latitude/longitude data. The species names are also linked to the protologue, with information on basionyms, synonyms, etc.
The Leucaena database (C. E. Hughes, Plant Sciences, Oxford) includes data on more than 2800 specimens lodged in 26 herbaria (A, AAU, BISH, BM, CAS, CR, EAP, F, FHO, G, HAL, HEH, K, LAGU, M,MEXU, MO, NY, OXF, PMA, QAME, TEFH, TEX, UC, US and W). Detailed field notes, common names, phenology and wild/cultivated codes, and duplicate records are included and the majority of specimens (2393) have accurate geographical data (Lat/Long). Full nomenclature including name status (accepted, basionym, heterotypic synonym, excluded etc.), synonymy and protologues are included in the database and TYPE collections are linked to names. Associated research material (nodules, wood, photos, bruchids, seed, dried leaves etc.) is cited. The database also includes a comprehensive bibliography.
The Pinus database (A. Farjon, RBG Kew) covers the pines of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (47 species). It includes data on 7043 specimens lodged in 54 herbaria (A, B, BAB, BANS, BM, CAS, CGE, CHAP, CHAPA, CIIDIR, COLO, CREG, CU, DS, E, EAP, ENCB, F, FHO, FI, GH, GOET, GUADAL, HAJB, HAL, HEH, IBUG, IFGP, INIF, JE, K, LAGU, LL, M, MEXU, MICH, MO, NCSC, NY, P, PRF, S, SD, SYR, TCD, TEFH, TEX, U, UC, US, W, WIS, WU, ZAL). Detailed field notes are included with locality data for most specimens, 1546 of these have verified latitude/longitude data used to produce dot distribution maps. Duplicate and determination records are also included. The nomenclature is complete for all species with accepted names, synonyms, types and protologues; excluded and uncertain names are added for the sake of completeness up to the closing date, i.e. the date of publication of the Flora Neotropica Monograph (21 November 1997)