From Dormant Collections to Repositories for the Study of Habitat Changes: The Importance of Herbaria in Modern Life Sciences
Life,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(12), P. 2310 - 2310
Published: Dec. 8, 2023
In
recent
decades,
the
advent
of
new
technologies
for
massive
and
automatized
digitization,
together
with
availability
methods
DNA
sequencing,
strongly
increased
interest
relevance
herbarium
collections
study
plant
biodiversity
evolution.
These
approaches
prompted
projects
aimed
at
creation
a
large
dataset
molecular
phenological
data.
This
review
discusses
challenges
opportunities
herbaria
in
context
numerous
national
that
are
currently
ongoing,
prompting
specimens
understanding
loss
habitat
shifts
as
consequence
climate
changes
destruction
due
to
human
activities.
With
regard
this,
National
Biodiversity
Future
Center
(active
Italy
since
2022)
started
large-scale
digitization
project
Herbarium
Centrale
Italicum
Florence
(Italy),
which
is
most
important
Italian
botanical
collection,
consisting
more
than
4
million
samples
present.
Language: Английский
Challenges and Opportunities behind the Use of Herbaria in Paleogenomics Studies
Published: Sept. 7, 2023
Paleogenomics
focuses
on
the
recovery,
manipulation,
and
analysis
of
ancient
DNA
(aDNA)
from
historical
or
long-dead
organisms
to
reconstruct
analyze
their
genomes.
The
aDNA
is
commonly
obtained
remains
found
in
paleontological
archaeological
sites,
conserved
museums
other
archival
collections.
Herbarium
collections
represent
a
great
source
phenotypic
genotypic
information,
exploitation
allowed
infer
clarify
previously
unsolved
taxonomic
systematic
relationships.
Moreover,
specimens
offered
new
study
phenological
traits
plants
disentangle
biogeography
evolutionary
scenarios
species.
More
recently,
advances
molecular
technologies
went
parallel
with
decreasing
costs
next-generation
sequencing
(NGS)
approaches,
that
paved
way
utilization
for
whole-genome
studies.
Although
many
studies
have
been
carried
out
combining
modern
analytic
techniques
specimens,
this
research
field
still
relatively
unexplored,
due
need
improving
strategies
manipulation
exploitation.
higher
susceptibility
degradation
contamination
during
conservation
occurrence
biochemical
post-mortem
damages,
can
result
more
challenging
reconstruction
original
sequence.
Here,
we
review
methodological
approaches
developed
plant
materials,
such
as
best
practices
extraction,
amplification
genotyping.
We
also
focus
some
overcome
main
problems
related
Language: Английский
Historical and Contemporary Herbaria as a Source of Data in Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography Research: An Example from Poland
Diversity,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(8), P. 434 - 434
Published: July 23, 2024
The
art
of
drying
plants
has
a
long
tradition.
It
was
already
known
in
the
Middle
Ages
as
form
documenting
flora.
began
to
develop
more
intensively
Europe
16th
century.
This
method
plant
collections
quickly
gained
recognition
among
scientists.
Its
role
and
importance
changed
throughout
historical
periods.
current
study
presents
short
history
resources
Polish
European
herbaria
against
background
world
data.
primarily
focuses
on
indicating
their
contemporary
research
taxonomy
geography,
well
situation
problems
identified
using
example
herbaria.
Language: Английский