Overall specimens: 7,885,749
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 2,810
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: 2810
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Echinodermata
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pressed, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 264
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Herbarium of Count Luigi Guglielmo de Cambray-Digny. Bound. Organised according to the Linnean system, possibly to be linked to the herbarium "FI-A06" in terms of age and layout.
Geographic Coverage: Europe
Taxonomic Coverage: Tracheophyta
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pressed, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 200
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Anonymous travel herbarium. Bound with red velvet cover. Plants of Italy and Europe. Contents: ca 200 specimens, including 15 pteridophytes, 5 gymnosperms and 180 angiosperms.
Geographic Coverage: Europe
Taxonomic Coverage: Tracheophyta
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pressed, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 139
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Anonymous herbarium dating from the 1880s. The recent annotation “S. C.” was, indeed, an indication for “sine collectore,” but calligraphy, age and arrangement suggest that it was compiled, like another, autographed, by Louis William de Cambray-Digny. Angiosperm specimens only.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Tracheophyta
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pressed, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 767
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 50,000
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Arthropoda
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Pinned
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Abbazzi, Piero (1928 - 2020).
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Insecta
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Pressed, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 11
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: Bretagne
Taxonomic Coverage: Phaeophyceae
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Pinned, Sample Fluid Preserved, Storage Indoors, Sample Slide Mount
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 13,484
Description: The Entomological Museum was named after Filippo Silvestri in 2004. One of the foremost experts on Italian Entomology of the last century, Silvestri arrived in Portici in 1904, and with his arrival the collections were significantly enriched: diplurans, thysanurans, termites and strepsipterans are now among the most important collections in the world. Silvestri also deepened the study of nature and the biological fight against pests. A great naturalist explorer, he collected many materials during his research trips, while other important collections come from donations from specialists in other countries. The museum also holds insect collections and zoological material acquired by Achille Costa (1823-1898), professor of agricultural entomology at the Portici School from 1876. Costa's interests were mainly oriented toward the study of mites, of which he set up an interesting collection of a thousand microscopic preparations referable to a variety of families. In 1889 in one of the rooms of the Cabinet of Zoology a small entomological collection was arranged with material collected in Gussone Park. In the following decades the collections were enriched with material purchased or donated by Italian and foreign entomologists and with material of agricultural interest, such as insects harmful to crops. The collections currently include tens of thousands of specimens related to numerous orders of insects: apterigotes (more than 2,000 preparations), termites (884 species), mealybugs (about 6,000 specimens), and thousands of samples of hymenopterans and beetles. New exhibits have recently been set up, geared for educational use, concerning crucial issues in scientific debates and economies of today's world.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Insecta
Institution: Museo entomologico Filippo Silvestri (MUSA-MEFS)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 2,800,000
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: A number of several historical sub-collections has been embedded here, together with the most recent gatherings, by mainly keeping an organizational distinction among marine and continental mollusks. The most important collectors are Vittorio Pecchioli, Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti, Anselmo Tommasi, Vittorio Uzielli, Marianna Panciatichi Ximenes d’Aragona Paulucci, Giovanni Caramagna and Simone Cianfanelli; other important contribution are those from Soderi Annovazzi collection and those got thanks to research initiatives such as Miss. Biol., GRSTS, ISTIP and others.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Mollusca
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Fluid Preserved
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Annelida
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Slide Mount
Specimen count: 383
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Mostly Antonio Ercolini's specimens.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Fluid Preserved, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 11,906
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The collection includes different phyla, from the primitive Platyhelminthes to the Anellida and Tunicata. Important helminthologists, such as Iginio Sciacchitano, Pietro Marchi, Giuseppe Colosi and Antonio Ercolini, contributed to the creation of these collections. The Anellida collection includes a good representation of marine polychaetes, leeches and worms, above all Italian and East African. Unfortunately, part of the historical material has deteriorated or was destroyed in the first half of the twentieth century; however, there is still material from the Andreini, Sciacchitano and Scortecci collections. Other specimens have come from recent research missions conducted by the museum and the CSFET in Somalia. Specimens of the Sipuncula and Echiura deriving in small part from the old collections curated by Targioni Tozzetti in the second half of the nineteenth century and in large part from recent collecting in Somalia during research campaigns conducted by the museum and the CSFET. Numerous specimens of parasitic worms have come from livestock slaughtered in the abattoirs around the end of the nineteenth century, while many other specimens are of human origin. For example, there is a small collection of pork tapeworms (Taenia solium).
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Embedded, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 50,000
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The collection includes specimens from the orders Acarina, Amblypygi, Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones, Scorpiones and Solifugae. Most of the specimens belong to the order Araneae. The cataloging of specimens is partial. Published catalogs: Vanni & al. 1988 (in Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie B 94: 373-377) and Berdondini & Whitman 2002 (in Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie B 109: 119-156).
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Arachnida
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 22,436
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The oldest specimens in the collection were inherited from the Medici and Habsburg-Lorraine families. One example is the large Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) which, according to Targioni Tozzetti, was displayed alive in the Loggia dei Lanzi in the mid-seventeenth century. The skeleton has survived and is now displayed at the centre of the large "Hall of Skeletons". Another curious presence in the museum is that of the naturalized specimen of a hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius): according to some researchers, it lived in the Boboli Gardens at the time of Grand Duke Peter Leopold around the second half of the 1700s. Among the many specimens whose importance is not only scientific but also historical, we can mention some New World monkeys donated by the Grand Duchess of Tuscany Maria Antonia of Bourbon in 1845. After the opening of the museum to the public in 1775, new specimens continued to be added to the Lorraine collection and the greatest increases occurred in the second half of the nineteenth century and around the middle of the twentieth century. They were the years of the great exploratory expeditions in Africa, but also in South America and Asia. The most famous people associated with these enterprises, and those involved in the collection and conservation of the specimens, were: King Victor Emmanuel II, who donated some individuals that had died in Florence's Royal Zoological Garden in the period 1863-71; Marquis Orazio Antinori, who collected in Ethiopia for the Italian Geographical Society in 1880; Count Giacomo Savorgnan di Brazzà, who collected in French Congo and Belgian Congo (presently the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1884; Dr. Leopoldo Traversi, who donated specimens captured in Ethiopia in 1887; Cavalier Leonardo Fea, who collected specimens in Burma in 1887-88; Prof. Nello Beccari, who led an expedition in British Guiana in 1931-32; Victor Emmanuel Duke of Savoy and Aosta, Count of Turin, who willed to the museum a rich collection of specimens of diverse provenience; Dr. Ugo Funaioli, who collected numerous specimens in Tanzania around 1950. Also important were the expeditions of the University of Florence and the CSFET in East Africa, which began in 1959 and ended abruptly in 1987 on account of the war and civil disorder that still torment Somalia. Today the collection is particularly rich in Italian specimens, especially small mammals from all Italian regions. They belonging to order Soricomorpha, Chiroptera and Rodentia, and are preserved in alcohol and dry, which are studied by numerous Italian and foreign specialists. Another important contribution to the growth of the mammal collection was the establishment of the Cetacean Research Centre, starting in 1986: it has operated a network for the reporting and recovery of cetaceans stranded on the Italian coast. The collection includes 46 types. Mammals that were part of the Central Collection of Italian Vertebrates (Giglioli Collection) are incorporated in the mammal collection.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Mammalia
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Skeletonized, Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 40,400
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The herpetological collection includes species from all over the world. Early specimens, mainly turtles' shells, date from the eighteenth century and are no longer found in the museum. In 2014 the collection included about 40400 reptiles; it mostly increased at the end of 1800, due to Enrico Hillyer Giglioli's work, and in the second part of the twentieth century, as a result of the studies of Bendetto Lanza and his colleagues. The Italian component represents the most significant portion in the collection of reptiles. In particular, the Florentine museum has the largest collection of specimens deriving from virtually all the Italian and Corsican islands and islets. The collection is also very valuable on account of the huge number of specimens from missions in Somalia throughout the twentieth century.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Crocodylia, Sphenodontia, Squamata, Testudines
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Indoors, Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Skeletonized
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The collection includes species from all over the world. In 2014 the collection included about 26500 amphibians; it mostly increased at the end of 1800, due to Enrico Hillyer Giglioli's work, and in the second part of the twentieth century, as a result of the studies of Bendetto Lanza and his colleagues. The largest part of the amphibian collection consists of Italian specimens, with rich series of individuals of the same species, but deriving from different localities, important for the study of the species distribution and variability. However, frogs and toads from other regions of the world are also well represented, with taxa belonging to almost all the existing families.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Amphibia
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Tanned, Sample Skeletonized, Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 20,000
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The museum's ornithological collection is one of the most important in Italy and in Europe, with representatives of all the orders and almost all the families. Many specimens are mounted on pedestals, but most consist of "study skins". Until a few decades ago, the number of naturalized birds was much higher but the space necessary to house them without damage to the plumage was not sufficient; hence, museum staff began the work of dismounting them from the pedestals and trasforming them into study skins. Some of the birds in the collection date to the end of the eighteenth century. In addition to being an interesting historical datum, this information is very important as documentation of the species known at that time and as indication of the ancient preservation techniques.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Aves
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pinned
Specimen count: 15,213
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: One of the most important historical collections of the museum is undoubtedly the Camillo Rondani's (1808-1879) collection of dipterans and hymenopterans. His collection has enormous scientific importance, since it includes the "type specimens" from which he named new species. The collection was purchased by the Museum in 1880 for 4,000 lire. It is stored in the original wooden boxes and is kept separate from the general collection. It includes mainly dipterans.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Diptera, Hymenoptera
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pinned
Specimen count: 99,948
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The butterfly collection of Roger Verity (1883-1959) is of particular historical and scientific importance. His collection was obtained by personal collecting, exchanges with other collectors and the purchase of specimens or whole collections, for istance the Ubaldo Rocci's (1885-1943) collection. The Verity collection is undoubtedly one of the most important butterfly collections in Italy.
Geographic Coverage: World, Mainly The Palearctic (Italy, France, Spain, England, Asia Minor, North and East Africa, Central Asia, North America)
Taxonomic Coverage: Lepidoptera
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 900,000
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The general entomological collection consists of all specimens not included in the entomological collections that have been separately cataloged for historical or scientific distinctiveness.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Insecta
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Fluid Preserved, Sample Skeletonized, Storage Indoors, Sample Dried
Specimen count: 38,000
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The museum's ichthyological collection includes nea 40,000 specimens, mostly preserved in ethanol; only a few specimens are dry preparations, while others are only represented by some skeletal structures (e.g. the jaws of some shark species). The most important nucleus of the collection consists of specimens already forming part of the "Central collection of Italian Vertebrates" established by Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845-1909). The italian material dating to the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century is scientifically very important, since it provides a detailed view of the Tuscan and Italian fish fauna before the massive introduction of alien species starting in the first decades of the 1900s. Other important parts of the ichthyological collection are the material collected by Captain Gaetano Chierchia (1850-1922), purchased in 1910 and mainly including marine species from tropical and subtropical Asia and South America, and the material resulting from the numerous scientific missions in Somalia carried out until relatively recent times by museum personnel together with researchers from the Institute of Zoology of the University and the Centre for the Study of tropical Faunas and Ecology of the Italian national Research Council (CNR). Also important are the many type specimens: they represent 42 taxa (41 actinopterygians and 1 elasmobranch), more than half of which are still considered valid. Many specimens are noteworthy on account of their rarity and their morphological, biological or historical peculiarity. The collection contains numerous interesting specimens of Italian abyssal fishes, many of them collected by Enrico Hillyer Giglioli.
Geographic Coverage: World
Taxonomic Coverage: Chondrichthyes, Myxini, Osteichthyes, Petromyzonti
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Dried, Sample Pressed, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 9,400
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Included here is everything that was not part of the arrangement work carried out by the Targioni-Tozzetti family, nor however arranged to represent something distinct from Micheli's collection in the strict sense (thus excluding material that belonged to Micheli but was presumably already treated as separate collections at the time, either by the same author or by others). Contents: approx. 9,400 specimens. These include 1,219 lichens in 7 volumes, 1,062 algae in 3 volumes, 978 bryophytes in two volumes, and 213 additional mixed specimens of fungi, lichens and algae in 2 volumes. In addition, there are approx. 300 pteridophytes, 2,300 gymnosperms and 4,700 angiosperms still just leaning on unbleached paper sheets, distributed among a number of boxes.
Geographic Coverage: Europe
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Dried, Sample Pressed, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 21,727
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Micheli-Targioni Tozzetti herbarium (17th-18th century). The herbarium of Pier Antonio Micheli is of particular scientific importance as it is of pre-Linnaean origin and contains numerous original materials cited by Linnaeus himself. Only after the Targioni-Tozzetti's (Giovanni's and Ottaviano's) specimens were added, the herbarium was reorganised according to Linnaeus' classification and arranged in the 260 elegant cardboard containers that still exist today. Contents: 18366 vascular plant specimens, of which 17848 angiosperms, 88 gymnosperms and 430 pteridophytes. A complete census and complete transcription of the labels of the specimens in the Micheli-Targioni herbarium was carried out in the early 2000s and the data collected was put together in a word file, with a series of complex notations that made it difficult, even at the date of the first drafting of the SMA dashboard (2021), to transfer it to DB format, but which nevertheless allowed a rapid computer search of the specimens. In 2022, the data were transferred in indexed form to excel for migration to a new CMS.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Tracheophyta
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pressed, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 42
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: Anonymous herbarium (18th century?). Contents: 39 specimens of angiosperms.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Tracheophyta
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: Images, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Pressed, Sample Dried, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 1,700,000
Specimens in GBIF: 101
Description: The General Herbarium, until 2024 indicated as synonymous with the Italian Central Herbarium (Herbarium Centrale Italicum, HCI) is the largest Italian herbarium, among the most important in Europe and in the world in terms of size and historical value. Typical specimens (holo-, lecto-, neo-types and other original material) surveyed to date number about 20,000. It was founded by the Sicilian naturalist and botanist Filippo Parlatore, who was called to its direction in 1842 by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II of Lorraine. Since then, the Herbarium has grown steadily: it is a so-called ‘open’ herbarium, with continuous acquisitions of plant specimens. The collection has been traditionally divided between seeded plants (‘phanerogams’: angiosperms and gymnosperms) and other organisms without flowers and seeds (‘cryptogams’: pteridophytes, bryophytes, algae, fungi, lichens etc.), with an additional open collection devoted to galls. At the time of the last census (Athenaeum Museum System dashboard compiled as part of the DiSSCo Prepare project in October 2021), in line with previously published assessments, cryptogamic collections were still estimated at approx. 800,000 specimens (sorted according to different classification criteria between the different taxonomic groups): 24,500 fungi (sensu lato), 32,000 lichens, 21,600 algae, 680,000 bryophytes an 65,000 pteridophytes. The phanerogamic collections were still estimated at approx. 3,800,000 specimens (sorted according to three successive classification levels: genera in systematic order according to Thophile Durand' "Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum" - 1888 -, species and other infraspecific taxa in alphabetical order, specimens referring to the same taxon in geographical order): 25,000 gymnosperms and ca. 3,800,000 angiosperms, as well as 1,500 samples of galls. However, following the launch of a large, massive digitisation project in February 2024, financed by the National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC) and promoted by the University of Padua, counts calibrated to the actual progression of the work soon revealed that previous estimates were excessive and the actual number of Florentine collections (pending final verification) may not exceed 2,000,000 in total. There are thousands of different sources and collectors represented in the herbarium; the main collections can be referred to the authors indicated in the dedocated field. In addition to the ordered collections, there is a large storage room, named after Alfred Chabert, which houses both duplicate materials that are being released and materials (thousands of specimens) awaiting musealisation and integration. There is also a small so-called ‘didactic’ herbarium, created towards the end of the 1980s at the suggestion of Prof. Guido Moggi, never conceived as a stable collection really distinct from the central Herbarium but only as a practical tool for comparison: a sub-collection consisting of a few specimens, extracted from the main series and replaceable at any time, placed in a separate space in order to be more easily manageable and updatable according to nomenclature updates. This selection remained incomplete for a long time after the selection of the first 700 specimens (approx.), corresponding to no more than 10% of our flora, which was in fact never used for the purpose for which it had been set up. The possibility of recovering and completing it has been under consideration again since March 2023, with the start of the research projects for the NBFC, which include the massive genotyping of the Italian flora (DNA barcoding) performed by Milano Bicocca University. Within this framework, this selection of revised specimens of average recent origin can take on a role as a collection of molecular vouchers, as well as a reference for morphological investigation.
Geographic Coverage: Worldwide
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Other
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 611
Description: This dataset comprises the occurrences associated to the riverine invertebrates’ specimens collected from riffle mesohabitat of slightly altered rivers located in the Northwestern Italian Alps and specifically in the Piedmont Region (Piemonte). Each row in the dataset corresponds to a single vial related to a single sampling event (site and date) and to a specific sampling unit. The single vial contains one or more individuals of the same taxon. A catalogue number consisting of the collection code (PIEMNR) and a progressive six digit number is assigned to each row. The final digit is a letter if pictures of the preserved specimens were taken. This dataset is provided within the Activity WP6.6, "National Network of Aquatic Science Collections," of the ITINERIS project - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006.
Geographic Coverage: Invertebrates were collected in slightly impacted fluvial sites located in the Northwestern Italian Alps.
Taxonomic Coverage: The dataset comprises the occurrences of 43 invertebrate families, Divided in three phyla, Two classes and 13 orders. The most represented taxonomic group is the Arthropoda phylum and particularly the Insecta class. For three insect orders, Namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, Occurrence data are available at the genus level (13 genera).
Institution: Istituto di ricerca sulle acque di Brugherio (CNR-IRSA-MI)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezia (CNR-ISMAR-VE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Napoli (CNR-ISMAR-NA)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Napoli (CNR-ISMAR-NA)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Bologna (CNR-ISMAR-BO)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Bologna (CNR-ISMAR-BO)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni alimentari di Bari (CNR-ISPA-BA)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di ricerca sulle acque di Brugherio (CNR-IRSA-MI)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto per il Sistema produzione animale in ambiente mediterraneo di Sassari (CNR-ISPAAM-SS)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto per i Sistemi biologici di Roma (CNR-ISB-RM)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
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Institution: Istituto di Scienze alimentari di Avellino (CNR-ISA-AV)
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Institution: Istituto per la protezione sostenibile delle piante di Torino (CNR-IPSP-TO)
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Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
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Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
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Specimen count: n/a
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Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Bari (CNR-IPSP-BA)
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
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Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBE-FI)
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBE-FI)
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
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Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBE-FI)
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
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Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Bologna (CNR-IBE-BO)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Perugia (CNR-IBBR-PG)
Collection Type: n/a
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Palermo (CNR-IBBR-PA)
Collection Type: n/a
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Napoli (CNR-IBBR-NA)
Collection Type: n/a
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Napoli (CNR-IBBR-NA)
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Specimen count: n/a
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Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBBR-FI)
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Bari (CNR-IBBR-BA)
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Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia agraria di Milano (CNR-IBBA-MI)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Other
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 210
Description: This dataset comprises the occurrences associated to the riverine invertebrate specimens collected from pool mesohabitat of nearly pristine (i.e. not significantly altered rivers) located in Campania, Salerno Province (Italy). Each row in the dataset corresponds to a single vial related to a single sampling event (site and date) and to a specific sampling unit. The single vial contains one or more individuals of the same taxon. A catalogue number consisting of the collection code (CAMPRP) and a progressive six digit number is assigned to each row. This dataset is provided within the Activity WP6.6, "National Network of Aquatic Science Collections," of the ITINERIS project - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006.
Geographic Coverage: Invertebrates were collected in nearly pristine rivers located in the Sothern Apennines (Italy, Campania, Salerno Province)
Taxonomic Coverage: The dataset comprises the occurrences of 30 insect families, Divided in 6 orders. For three insects orders namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, Occurrence data are available at the genus level (18 genera).
Institution: Istituto di ricerca sulle acque di Brugherio (CNR-IRSA-MI)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Other
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 236
Description: This dataset comprises the occurrences associated to the riverine invertebrate specimens collected from pool mesohabitat of slightly altered rivers located in Campania, Salerno Province (Italy). Each row in the dataset corresponds to a single vial related to a single sampling event (site and date) and to a specific sampling unit. The single vial contains one or more individuals of the same taxon. A catalogue number consisting of the collection code (CAMPNP) and a progressive six digit number is assigned to each row. This dataset is provided within the Activity WP6.6, "National Network of Aquatic Science Collections," of the ITINERIS project - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006.
Geographic Coverage: Invertebrates were collected in slightly altered rivers located in the Sothern Apennines (Italy, Campania, Salerno Province)
Taxonomic Coverage: The dataset comprises the occurrences of 28 insect families, Divided in 5 orders. For three insects orders namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, Occurrence data are available at the genus level (23 genera).
Institution: Istituto di ricerca sulle acque di Brugherio (CNR-IRSA-MI)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Other
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 642
Description: This dataset comprises the occurrences associated to the riverine invertebrate specimens collected from pool mesohabitat of nearly pristine (Reference) reaches of rivers in Sardinia Island, the second biggest island of the Mediterranean Sea. Each row in the dataset corresponds to a single vial related to a specific sampling. The single vial contains one or more individuals of the same taxon. A catalogue number consisting of the collection code (SARDRP) and a progressive six digit number is assigned to each row. The final digit can be a letter if pictures of the preserved specimens are taken. This dataset is provided within the Activity WP6.6, "National Network of Aquatic Science Collections," of the ITINERIS project - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006.
Geographic Coverage: Invertebrates were collected in sites with low to absent levels of anthropic disturbance located in the eastern part of Sardinia (south-western Italy).
Taxonomic Coverage: The dataset comprises the occurrences of 53 invertebrate families, Divided in four phyla, Four classes and 14 orders. The most represented taxonomic group is the Arthropoda phylum and particularly the Insecta class. For three insects orders namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, Occurrence data are available at the genus level (22 genera).
Institution: Istituto di ricerca sulle acque di Brugherio (CNR-IRSA-MI)
Collection Type: Images, Records, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Slide Mount
Specimen count: 3,319
Specimens in GBIF: 3,319
Description: The collection of Tardigrada by Giuseppe Ramazzotti, preserved at the Water Research Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-IRSA) in Verbania, Italy, is composed of numerous slides and microscopic preparations of tardigrades, including animals and their eggs. It is a historical collection that includes samples taken over a period of years from 1938 to 1964 in Europe, Africa, North and South America by one of the Italian taxonomists working on the phylum Tardigrada. The dataset of the Ramazzotti collection is composed of 3319 tardigrade records, prepared within the Project ITINERIS (Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System) dedicated to build the Italian Hub of Research Infrastructures in the environmental scientific domain. The purpose of creating this dataset is to protect the information through the digitalization of the samples, and to facilitate sharing the information on the animals collected by Ramazzotti and stored at CNR-IRSA, Verbania. For this reason, each record in the database is associated with a photograph of a microscopic slide and of the specimens. The data have been organized into a standardized Darwin Core Archive format, so that they can be harmonized and be available globally, through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility infrastructure (GBIF).
Geographic Coverage: Europe, Africa, North and South America
Taxonomic Coverage: Phylum Tardigrada
Institution: Istituto di Ricerca sulle acque di Verbania (CNR-IRSA-VB)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Other
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 277
Description: This dataset comprises the occurrences associated to the riverine invertebrate specimens collected from pool mesohabitat of slightly altered rivers of Sardinia Island, the second biggest island of the Mediterranean Sea. Each row in the dataset corresponds to a single vial related to a single sampling event (site and date) and to a specific sampling unit. The single vial contains one or more individuals of the same taxon. A catalogue number consisting of the collection code (SARDNP) and a progressive six digit number is assigned to each row. The final digit can be a letter if pictures of the preserved specimens are taken. This dataset is provided within the Activity WP6.6, "National Network of Aquatic Science Collections," of the ITINERIS project - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006.
Geographic Coverage: Invertebrates were collected in slightly anthropogenically impacted fluvial sites located in the eastern part of Sardinia (south-western Italy).
Taxonomic Coverage: The dataset comprises the occurrences of 36 invertebrate families, Divided in four phyla, Four classes and 12 orders. The most represented taxonomic group is the Arthropoda phylum and particularly the Insecta class. For three insects orders, Namely Plecoptera, Odonata and Ephemeroptera, Occurrence data are available at the genus level (15 genera).
Institution: Istituto di ricerca sulle acque di Brugherio (CNR-IRSA-MI)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Ricerca sulle acque di Verbania (CNR-IRSA-VB)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 58
Description: This dataset represents the collection of the Ephemeroptera slide held at CNR-IRSA in Brugherio, Italy. The list includes specimens primarily collected in Italy starting from 1989 using qualitative methods, including some Italian endemisms. The slide collection has the dual purpose of increasing knowledge about Italian Ephemeroptera species through morphological study and serving as a reference tool for cataloguing and quantifying Italy's Ephemeroptera biodiversity. Each row in the dataset corresponds to a slide containing dissected body parts (e.g., mouthparts, thorax, abdomen). Typically, each individual is mounted on a single slide (i.e., row); however, in some cases, the same individual is mounted on multiple slides due to its size. As part of the ITINERIS project and the National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC), Ephemeroptera samples have been curated, catalogued, and digitised to make natural history collections virtually available to the public at any level, simplifying access and sharing of information. Drawings, preserved specimens and photographs of living specimens can be added to the collection.
Geographic Coverage: Sampling was carried out in freshwater environments distributed throughout Italy and other European countries
Taxonomic Coverage: The dataset includes occurrences of the order Ephemeroptera as part of the class Insecta, Phylum Arthropoda
Institution: Istituto di ricerca sulle acque di Brugherio (CNR-IRSA-MI)
Collection Type: Living Cell OrTissue Cultures
Preservation Type: Sample Cryopreserved, Storage Frozen Between Minus 132And Minus 196
Specimen count: 44
Specimens in GBIF: 44
Description: The IBE cryobank preserves plant organs in liquid nitrogen, at -196 °C, specifically: (i) polyembryonic seeds from 24 accessions of Citrus spp. from the Medicean Collection of Villa Reale di Castello, Florence, dating back to the XVI century; (i) dormant buds from 19 accessions of ancient varieties from the Veneto region, Italy; and (iii) dormant buds from 3 accessions of plum (Prunus domestica) from the C.A.V.-Center of Nursery Activities of Tebano, Ravenna. The cryo-procedures utilized for cryopreservation are the desiccation and direct immersion in liquid nitrogen of polyembryonic seeds (Citrus) and the dormant bud technique for the conservation of uni-nodal segments of Malus domestica and Prunus domestica. The ultimate goal is the long-term maintenance of ancient fruit tree germplasm. Tissue culture and micropropagation are the techniques used for germplasm recovering and propagation.
Geographic Coverage: Italy
Taxonomic Coverage: Malus domestica, Prunus, Spp. Citrus aurantium, Citrus sinensis, Citrus limon, Citrus limonimedica, Citrus medica, Citrus ×meyeri, Citrus ×myrtifolia, Citrus deliciosa, Citrus limetta, Citrus limonia, Citrus lumia, Citrus maxima, Citrus sp.
Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBE-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Outdoors
Specimen count: 1,700
Specimens in GBIF: 1,457
Description: The Olive collection of the CNR-IBBR in Perugia comprises about 1,700 accessions, including clones and crosses of many European and extra-European varieties. A clonal field collection of Olive trees was planted in 2014 in Lugnano in Teverina (PG, Central Italy) and is currently maintained through the collaboration of the CNR-IBBR and CNR-ISAFOM institutes of Perugia. The collection also includes progenies from various crosses of Olive tree cultivars, and minor Olive tree cultivars from Umbria, Italy. The main goal of the collection is the long-term preservation of the olive biodiversity as a source of genetic material for the selection and cultivation of new cultivars. Molecular identification, morphological characterization, and bio-agronomic and metabolic evaluation work are currently underway in these collections.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran, Portugal, France, Syria, Chile, Croatia, Israel, Algeria, Argentina, Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco, Slovenia
Taxonomic Coverage: Olea europaea var. europaea
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Perugia (CNR-IBBR-PG)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Cryopreserved, Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 134
Specimens in GBIF: 134
Description: The collection preserves about 1500 strains of fungal Pathogens of forest, urban, and ornamental plant woody species. The strains are mainly isolated from plant tissues in different geographical areas. Among them are also included strains from the collections of other Research centres or Universities. Main taxa are Ascomycetous fungi isolated from forest and urban trees (Ophiostoma ulmi, O.novo-ulmi, Ceratocystis platani, Diplodia sapinea, Botryosphaericeae). Another collection is related to oomycetes isolated in ornamental nurseries (Pythium, Phytophthora, Mortariella). Preservation techniques are (i) CRYO: Freezer at -20 °C, in cryovials with spore suspension or with mycelium plug in water glycerol (50% v/v) or in pure water; (ii) FRESH CULTURES: Refrigerator at 4 °C in agar slants with mycelium. The distribution of strains is possible for research purposes only.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Czech Republic, Lithuania, France, Greece, Romania, Austria Great Britain, India, Iran, Malta, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Slovakia, USA
Taxonomic Coverage: Ophiostoma ulmi, Ophiostoma himal-ulmi, Ophiostoma sp., Pesotum piceae
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 62
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezia (CNR-ISMAR-VE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Fluid Preserved
Specimen count: 23,303
Specimens in GBIF: 597
Description: Collection of marine crustaceans collected during biodiversity studies for the CO.RI.LA. project in the Venice lagoon.
Geographic Coverage: Adriatic Sea, Venice Lagoon
Taxonomic Coverage: Arthropoda, Crustaceans, Peracarida, Decapoda
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezia (CNR-ISMAR-VE)
Collection Type: Biological, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 502
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: NAdFC is composed of 17 micropaleontological slides containing benthic foraminifera specimens from 15 sediment samples collected at the sea-bottom of two key Northern Adriatic stations, S1-GB (South-Est of the Po Delta River) and E1 (Rimini offshore), part of the Italian Long-Term Ecological Research network (LTER-Italy) Site "Delta del Po and Costa Romagnola”. A total of 100 taxa and ca 6000 specimens were identified from the 15 NAdFC sediment samples.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Foraminifera
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Bologna (CNR-ISMAR-BO)
Collection Type: Biological, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 490
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: LiCSiC is composed of 13 micropaleontological slides collecting benthic foraminifera specimens from Linosa Island seafloor (depth ranging between 50 and 400 m). A total of 140 taxa were identified from the 13 sediment samples.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Foraminifera
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Napoli (CNR-ISMAR-NA)
Collection Type: Biological, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 55
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezia (CNR-ISMAR-VE)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Indoors, Sample Pinned
Specimen count: 200
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The CNR-IBE-INSECTS collection includes wood insects (mainly Coleoptera) collected in forests, on infested wood, or from other European Laboratory. The insect collection is important for biological tests in accordance with European standards for determining natural durability and effectiveness of wood preservatives. Specimens are maintained in wood blocks within a climatized room (RH 80% ± 5; 28 °C ± 2).
Geographic Coverage: Italy
Taxonomic Coverage: Coleoptera (Hylotrupes bajulus Linneus 1758, Trichoferus holosericeus Rossi 1790)
Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBE-FI)
Collection Type: Cells Tissue, Plant Derived, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 12,000
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: The wood collection CNR-IBE-XYLARIUM includes about 12,000 wooden tablets of about 5,700 different species from all continents, and the anatomical preparations of the three fundamental sections of about 4,000 species. The collection is made of both macroscopic samples (tablets of about 7 x 14 x 0,5 cm) and microscopic samples (anatomical preparations to be observed under the optical microscope). In addition, a collection of about 4,000 wood samples (secondary xilotheque, exchange xilotheque) is maintained for the exchange of samples with other collections or for the formation of specific collections for schools, institutions, etc. Other specific collections include about 150 Brazilian woods in the form of book-shaped tablets; 30 Gabon woods in the form of pocket booklets; a box donated by the École Supérieure du Bois in Nantes (France) containing samples of about 80 African woods. All material is stored and managed on magnetic support.
Geographic Coverage: Worldwide
Taxonomic Coverage: Some 5, 700 different forest tree species
Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBE-FI)
Collection Type: Living Cell OrTissue Cultures
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Between Minus 132And Minus 196, Storage Frozen Minus 80, Sample Freeze Drying
Specimen count: 438
Specimens in GBIF: 438
Description: The CNR-IPSP-PLAVIT Collection preserve more than 1100 isolates collected mainly in Italy, but also from other countries (Europe, Asia, Africa and America), 134 distinct viral species, belonging to the main taxonomic groups. A limited number of non-mechanically transmissible viral species are stored as infectious clones at - 80°. Preservation techniques - Dried leaves: lyophilised infected leaves stored at -20°C; Liquid Nitrogen: infected leaves stored in liquid nitrogen. The collection is partner in the projects SUS-MIRRI.IT (https://susmirri-mbrc.di.unito.it/), EVA-GLOBAL (https://www.european-virus-archive.com/) and Bio Memory (https://biomemory.cnr.it/), and is member of the European Culture Collection Organization (ECCO – https://www.eccosite.org/italy/ ) and of the World Data Center for Microorganisms (WDCM – https://www.wdcm.org/).
Geographic Coverage: Europe, Asia, Africa and America (Italy, USA, France, India, Mexico, United Kingdom, China, Iran, Rwanda, Spain, Turkey, Algeria, Costa Rica, Germany, Morocco, Netherlands)
Taxonomic Coverage: Viruses of horticultural plant species (families: Potyviridae, Tospoviridae, Bromoviridae, Virgaviridae, Secoviridae, Tombusviridae, Betaflexiviridae, Alphaflexiviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Aspiviridae, Geminiviridae, Tymoviridae, Botourmiaviridae, Caulimoviridae, Closteroviridae, Partitiviridae, Solemoviridae)
Institution: Istituto per la protezione sostenibile delle piante di Torino (CNR-IPSP-TO)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Living Cell OrTissue Cultures
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 80, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 36
Specimens in GBIF: 36
Description: The CNR-IPSP-BAC collection includes about 100 bacterial strains isolated from different host plants from the Mediterranean area. Main taxa are pathogenic or beneficial plant bacterial species belonging to Agrobacterium, Bacillus, Erwinia and Pseudomonas genera. Preservation techniques - Cryoconservation: bacterial suspensions in water glycerol (30% v/v) stored at -80 °C in cryovials; Fresh cultures: bacterial suspensions in ultrapure water stored at 4°C in plastic tubes. Partner of MIRRI Italian Node (www.mirri-it.it).
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, USA
Taxonomic Coverage: Genera: Agrobacterium, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Clavibacter, Curtobacterium, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Frigobacterium, Methylobacterium, Rhodococcus, Serratia, Stenotrophomonas
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 491
Specimens in GBIF: 491
Description: The CNR-IPSP-FTFC collection cryo-preserves about 1000 private strains for research purposes. The strains are mainly isolated from the Mediterranean Forests and from cypress species around the world. Main taxa: Large variety of ascomycetous fungi, some basidiomycetes, characterized as pathogens of forest trees (Seiridium spp., Diplodia spp., Pestalotiopsis spp., Armillaria spp., Heterobasidion abietinum, Cryphonectria parasitica). A second core of collection is composed by 35 strains of Trichoderma spp. and Clonostachys rosea, characterized as Biocontrol Agents (BCA). Some basidiomycetes used for trials on mycelium-based biomaterial (Pleurotus ostreatus, Phomitopsis pinicola, Ganoderma lucidum, Trametes versicolor). One strain of the oomycetes Phytophthora cambivora and one of P. cinnamomi are also available. Distribution of strains for research purposes is available. Preservation techniques - Cryoconservation: Freezer at -20°C, in cryovials with spore suspension or with mycelium plug in water glycerol (50% v/V) or in pure water. Fresh cultures: Refrigerator at 4°C in agar slants with mycelium.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Greece, USA, France, Algeria, Spain, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Libya
Taxonomic Coverage: Seiridium cardinale, Pestalotiopsis funerea, Sphaeropsis sapinea, Diplodia cupressi, Diplodia sp., Seiridium cupressi, Sirococcus strobilinus, Seiridium unicorne, Botryosphaeria iberica, Botryosphaeria obtusa, Brunchorstia pinea, Pestalotia stevensonii
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 20
Specimen count: 417
Specimens in GBIF: 417
Description: The CNR-IBBR-CELITABASE frozen collection consists in more than 3,000 transgenic and mutant strains of non-parasitic nematodes, Caenorhabditis elegans species, accumulated over forty years. The collection, established in early ’80s by Dr. Paolo Bazzicalupo, is kept as triplicate, is unique in Italy and supports numerous Italian groups. C. elegans is the only multicellular animal model that can be frozen and stabs are stable for decades.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Caenorhabditis elegans
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Napoli (CNR-IBBR-NA)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Derived Data, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 80, Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 318
Specimens in GBIF: 318
Description: The CNR-ISA-CC Collection preserves about 300 strains of lactic acid bacteria and 400 strains of yeasts. The strains are mainly isolated from the Mediterranean agro-food systems and typical fermented foods (sourdough, dairy products, wine and grape, cereals, whey) and human faeces. The main species collected among lactic acid bacteria are Levilactobacillus brevis, Companilactobacillus alimentarius, Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides, Fructilactobacillus sanfranciscensis, Lacticaseibacillus casei, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus, etc. The main species collected among yeasts are Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Hanseniaspora guilliermondii, H. uvarum, Pichia kudriavzevii, Met. fructicula.
Geographic Coverage: Italy
Taxonomic Coverage: Lactic acid bacteria belonging mainly to Lactobacillus, Companilactobacillus, Lacticaseibacillus, Latilactobacillus, Lactiplantibacillus, Furfurilactobacillus, Limosilactobacillus, Fructilactobacillus, Levilactobacillus, Leuconostoc, Weissella and Pediococcus genera, Yeasts belonging mainly to Hanseniaspora, Rhodotorula, Metschnikowia and Pichia genera.
Institution: Istituto di Scienze alimentari di Avellino (CNR-ISA-AV)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Outdoors
Specimen count: 4,300
Specimens in GBIF: 4,058
Description: The CNR-IPSP-CMC collection preserve about 4300 clones, 11000 seed plants, F1, F2 and backcrosses on 14 ha of fields located in Tuscany, Umbria and Campania. Trees are derived from seed collected in their native range all over the world, clones were derived from grafting of valuable genotypes. More than 100,000 accessions are registered in the collection. Trees are currently aged from 2 to 25 years old. The main aim of the collection is to study the cypress resistance to canker disease (Seiridium (=Corineum) cardinale).
Geographic Coverage: Italy, France, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Syria, Cipro, Israel, USA, Australia, Mexico, Afghanistan, New Zeland
Taxonomic Coverage: Cupressus spp. (Cupressaceae)
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Other
Specimen count: 36
Specimens in GBIF: 36
Description: The CNR-IBE-CCWF fungi collection is important for biological tests in accordance with European normatives for determining natural durability and effectiveness of wood preservatives. Some fungal species are actually used to built innovative biomaterials based on mycelium and lignocellulosic substrates. Bank collection (DMSZ, FCBA), fungi collected in forest, in situ on wooden structures, etc. Maintainance of fungal strains in agar-malt culture. Main taxa: Trametes versicolor, Coniophora puteana, Gloeohyllum trabeum, Lentinus lepideus, Poria placenta, Ganoderma lucidum, Pleurotus osteatrus, Sydowya polyspora, Aerobasidium pullulans.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, France, Germany
Taxonomic Coverage: Polyporaceae, Chaetomiaceae, Hymenochaetaceae, Fomitopsidaceae, Gloeophyllaceae, Microascaceae, Bondarzewiaceae, Coniochaetaceae, Coniophoraceae, Dothioraceae, Ganodermataceae, Meruliaceae, Pleurotaceae, Saccotheciaceae, Schizophyllaceae, Septobasidiaceae, Serpulaceae, Strophariaceae
Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBE-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Outdoors
Specimen count: 58
Specimens in GBIF: 29
Description: The CNR-IBE-ACOGER collection includes 29 olive autochthonous genotypes of Emilia Romagna (Northern Italy) maintained at the IBE-CNR Conservation Centre, Multiplication Centre and olive plant nursery according to European and national (QVI) rules. The collection aims are: (1) safeguard, identification and selection of autochthonous olive genetic resources of Emilia Romagna region; (2) registration of selected genotypes in the Regional Volunteer Repertoire of Agricultural Genetic Resources; (3) registration of selected genotypes on National Inventory of Pre-base material; (4) propagation and commercialization of selected genotypes according to genetic and sanitary certified EU rules; (5) reintroduction of autochthonous genotypes in olive orchards with higher agronomic features and improved quality of oils; (6) valorization of Northern Italy EVOOs biodiversity; (7) selection of oils characterized by valuable and peculiar aromas that can differentiate them from the oils currently available on the market; (8) selection of oils with high nutritional properties (high content in phenols, vitamins, and oleic acid), stressing their importance in the prevention of degenerative and cardio-vascular diseases.
Geographic Coverage: Emilia Romagna (Northern Italy)
Taxonomic Coverage: Olea europaea L. (Olive tree)
Institution: Istituto di Bioeconomia di Bologna (CNR-IBE-BO)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Refrigerated, Sample Freeze Drying
Specimen count: 122
Specimens in GBIF: 122
Description: The collection consists of about 100 accessions of the annual legumes Vicia ervilia and Lathyrus cicera (Fabaceae), used at the experimental level as protein source in feed formulations and more than 20 accessions of the perennial grass Panicum virgatum (Poaceae), used for bio-energy production.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Syria, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, USA
Taxonomic Coverage: Vicia ervilia, Lathyrus cicera, Panicum virgatum
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Perugia (CNR-IBBR-PG)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Living Cell OrTissue Cultures
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 80
Specimen count: 501
Specimens in GBIF: 501
Description: About 600 endophitic fungi isolated from Humulus lupulus and Crocus sativus and about 200 strains of lignicolous fungi from various forest environments of central Italy. Each strain was isolated in PDA medium, sub-cultured and stored in pdb-glicerol at -80 °C. Strain typing is carried out by molecular analysis of ITS region. The collection is screened for the identification of potential biocontrol agents and enzymatic activities and metabolites of biotechnological interest.
Geographic Coverage: Italy
Taxonomic Coverage: Pleosporaceae, Didymellaceae, Ploettnerulaceae, Nectriaceae, Aspergillaceae, Cladosporiaceae, Diaporthaceae, Saccotheciaceae, Polyporaceae, Rhizopodaceae, Sclerotiniaceae, Fomitopsidaceae, Glomerellaceae, Hypocreaceae, Mucoraceae, Phanerochaetaceae, Ganodermataceae, Auriculariaceae, Chaetomiaceae, Periconiaceae, Sporidiobolaceae, Etc.
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Perugia (CNR-IBBR-PG)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Plant Derived, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Outdoors, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 476
Description: The Medicinal Herb Garden (also known as "Giardino dei Semplici") is a botanic collection of more than 100 living plant species, mostly officinal and wild edible (alimurgic) plants. The collection aims at the preservation of local biodiversity and disseminating knowledge on botany sciences and medicinal plants. It also contributes to fuel pharmacological and phytosanitary research in order to deepen and apply knowledge about biological properties of herbs and of their extracts. Dried seeds of the different species are stored at 4 °C in airtight containers for short-term storage.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Greece
Taxonomic Coverage: Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Myrtaceae, Apiaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Rosaceae, Plantaginaceae, Etc.
Institution: Istituto per i Sistemi biologici di Roma (CNR-ISB-RM)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 20
Specimen count: 680
Specimens in GBIF: 680
Description: The CNR-ISPAAM-GPASS seed collection includes 681 accessions belonging to 63 species and 27 genera of the botanical families Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae and Plantaginaceae all isolated from the local flora. The germplasm was evaluated for biological and morphological characters useful for fodder or multiple uses in Mediterranean areas.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Sardinia
Taxonomic Coverage: Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae, Plantaginaceae
Institution: Istituto per il Sistema produzione animale in ambiente mediterraneo di Sassari (CNR-ISPAAM-SS)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Living Cell OrTissue Cultures, Preserved Organisms, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Between Minus 132And Minus 196, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 8,171
Specimens in GBIF: 8,170
Description: Th CNR-ISPA-ITEM collection preserve about 8,000 strains public at http://www.ispa.cnr.it/Collection; and a total of 13,600 strains (public and private). The strains are mainly isolated from the Mediterranean agro-food systems, including various microorganisms (fungi, yeasts and bacteria) of noteworthy pathological, toxicological and agro-food importance, such us Aspergillus, Alternaria, Beauveria, Fusarium, Penicillium, Trichoderma, Saccharomyces, Hanseniaspora, Lactobacillus, Oenococcus, Staphylococcus. Long-term cryopreservation: ultrafrezeer at -150 °C, in cryovials with spore suspension in water glycerol (10% v/V) or with mycelium grown on Agricultural-grade perlite; fresh cultures: refrigerator at 4°C in plastic tubes with spore suspension or mycelium agar plug in sterile water. CNR-ISPA-ITEM is partner of the MIRRI ERIC Italian Node (http://www.mirri-it.it) and partner in the Horizon project IS-MIRRI21 (https://ismirri21.mirri.org/).
Geographic Coverage: Worldwide
Taxonomic Coverage: Large variety of ascomycetous fungi, Some basidiomycetes, Yeast mainly of Saccharomyces genus, Bacteria mainly of Lactobacillus and Oeonoccoccus genera.
Institution: Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni alimentari di Bari (CNR-ISPA-BA)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Refrigerated, Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Frozen Minus 80, Storage Indoors
Specimen count: 262
Specimens in GBIF: 262
Description: The CNR-IBBA-MLIP collection preserves fungal, microalgal and bacterial strains, mainly isolated from the Mediterranean agro-food and natural systems. It contains in vivo and in vitro cultures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) isolates, endophytic bacteria from Canapa sp., Psoralea sp., phycospheric and mycorrhizospheric/rhizospheric bacteria. Long-term cryopreservation: frezeer at -80 °C and -20 °C, in cryovials with 20% glycerol. Fresh cultures: refrigerator at 4 °C in vials with (i) roots/spore suspensions from in vitro AMF cultures, (ii) roots/spores/mycelium in soil from in vivo AMF cultures, (iii) vials/plates streaks of bacterial isolates on agar media. Microalgal strains are maintained under controlled light and temperature condition in a growth chamber, both as liquid culture and in agar plates for long storage.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Albania, Syria, Canada, USA
Taxonomic Coverage: Endophytic Bacteria, Soil Bacteria, Phycospheric Bacteria, Filamentous Fungi, Microalgae. Glomeromycotan fungi, Bacteria mainly belonging to Bacillaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Actinobacteria, Xanthomonadaceae, Microalgal strains mainly belonging to Chlorella-Micractinium clade and Chlamydomonas sp.
Institution: Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia agraria di Pisa (CNR-IBBA-PI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Indoors, Storage Other
Specimen count: 521
Specimens in GBIF: 521
Description: The CNR-IBBA-MIDW collection have recently incorporated the renowned Landolt’s duckweed collection, preserving about 600 duckweed clones from the five continents. All the worldwide recognized genera and species are included representing the wide distribution characterizing this family of small aquatic plants. All clones are constantly in-vitro cultivated and preserved. Five genera of Lemnaceae (Spirodela, Lemna, Landoltia, Wolffia and Wolffiella) belonging to 37 species are included. Fresh culture; in vitro culture preservation on agarized, semi-solid and liquid media. Seeds can be rarely obtained in vitro.
Geographic Coverage: Worldwide
Taxonomic Coverage: Araceae Lemnoideae (genera Spirodela, Lemna, Landoltia, Wolffia and Wolffiella)
Institution: Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia agraria di Milano (CNR-IBBA-MI)
Collection Type: Biological, Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 250
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezia (CNR-ISMAR-VE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Ricerca sulle acque di Verbania (CNR-IRSA-VB)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Dried
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: 6
Description: About 1.5 million specimens of Insects
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Animals
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque di Taranto (CNR-IRSA-TA)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede della Specola del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-SPE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: Animals (Insects) / Arthropoda (Esapoda)
Institution: Museo entomologico Filippo Silvestri (MUSA-MEFS)
Collection Type: Associated Data, Living Cell OrTissue Cultures
Preservation Type: Sample Cryopreserved, Storage Frozen Minus 80, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 350
Specimens in GBIF: 63
Description: The collection CNR-IBBR-MEPP is hosted at the CNR-IBBR in Palermo (Sicily, Italy) and preserves about 350 strains mainly isolated from the Mediterranean agro-food systems as well as from spontaneous perennial and herbaceous plants, Various microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts and fungi) of agro-food importance with pathological behaviour are included. Microrganisms are isolated from different Mediterranean geographical areas. CNR-IBBR-MEPP hosts also strains form collection of other Research centre or University. Main taxa are: culturable endophytic bacteria (mainly Pseudomonas, Erwinia Staphylococcus, Pantoea, Bacillus, Vibrio), actinomycetes (Streptomyces); some phytopathogenic filamentous fungi belonging to Botrytis, Neofabraea, Alternaria, Fusarium and Monilinia genera. Some strains are available for research purposes only.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Chile
Taxonomic Coverage: Endophytic bacteria (Pseudomonas, Erwinia, Staphylococcus, Pantoea, Bacillus, Vibrio), Actinomycetes (Streptomyces), Filamentous fungi (Botrytis, Neofabraea, Alternaria, Fusarium, Monilinia)
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Palermo (CNR-IBBR-PA)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Plant Derived, Images, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Outdoors, Sample Cryopreserved, Storage Frozen Minus 20
Specimen count: 700
Specimens in GBIF: 424
Description: The CNR-IBBR-PPGR is an ex-situ field germplasm collection of perennial plants maintained at Collesano (Palermo, Sicily, Italy). The collection includes 220 accessions of Citrus relevant for their agronomic, historical and ornamental value, 40 accessions of Olea (natural and cultivated olive trees) and 480 accessions of Vitis (grapevine), all highly representative of the Mediterranean genetic resources. Several genotypes of Capparis sp.p., Zelkova sicula and Calendula maritima threatened of genetic erosion or extinction, are also maintained in the field. Several accessions are stored in in vitro culture and maintained in screen-house. Recently, a cryostorage program has been developed to preserve the genetic resources stored in the field. The main objective of the CNR-IBBR-PPGR collection is safeguarding the genetic resources of species of interest for Italian and Mediterranean agriculture.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Sicily, Spain, France
Taxonomic Coverage: Citrus spp., Olea europaea, Vitis spp., Capparis spp., Zelkova sicula, Calendula maritima
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Palermo (CNR-IBBR-PA)
Collection Type: Molecular Derivates, Cells Tissue, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Frozen Minus 80
Specimen count: 2,855
Specimens in GBIF: 4,285
Description: The CNR-IBBR-DNAFOR collection includes more than 2,800 records of cryopreserved DNA and tissue samples of several forest tree species which have been collected during past and current national and EU projects, with the aim of investigating the genetic make-up of their populations and assessing their infraspecific biodiversity across Europe, from the biogeographical to the local level.
Geographic Coverage: Europe, Italy
Taxonomic Coverage: European Forest Tree Species (Abies alba Mill., Picea abies Karst., Fagus sylvatica L., Pinus heldreichii H.Christ, Pinus sylvestris L., Quercus robur L., Pinus halepensis Mill. )
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IBBR-FI)
Collection Type: Associated Data, Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 80
Specimen count: 84
Specimens in GBIF: 84
Description: The CNR-IBBR-SUB collection is maintained at Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) in Naples, Italy. It includes endophytic bacteria isolated from rice plants grown in Italy and in the State of Mali (West Africa), as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacteria isolated from the industrial zone of the port of Marghera (Venice, Italy). Microorganisms are cryopreserved at -80 °C resuspended in growth media containing cryoprotectants (glycerol). Frozen microorganisms can be revived by thawing at 37 °C and inoculating into fresh culture medium. The main aim of the collection is to study bacteria interacting with legumes and cereals (e.g., N-fixation, phytohormones production, etc.) and their ability to improve host plants resistance to abiotic stresses.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Western Africa
Taxonomic Coverage: Bacteria (Enterobacterales, Sphingobacteriales, Pseudomonadales, Flavobacteriales, Xanthomonadales, Actinomycetales)
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Napoli (CNR-IBBR-NA)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Preserved Organisms, Images, Associated Data, Maps
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Other, Storage Outdoors
Specimen count: 38,000
Specimens in GBIF: 26,623
Description: The Mediterranean Germplasm Genebank (MGG) is the agro-food plant seed collection maintained at the Institute of Biosciences and Bio Resources (IBBR) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) in Bari, Italy. Overall, MGG preserves more than 59,000 accessions of 870 species from 203 genera and 39 families (mainly Poaceae, Fabaceae, Solanaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, etc.). Over 13,000 samples have been directly collected through time and georeferenced by IBBR exploration teams, while others have been acquired from other Institutions through exchange activities. The main objective of MGG is the preservation of genetic resources of herbaceous plants of interest for the Mediterranean agriculture. Particular attention is dedicated to specific segments of plant genetic resources, such as local varieties (including "typical products") or endangered agro-ecotypes, wild relatives of crops and plants potentially useful for the extraction of bioactive or biotechnological compounds. The main commitments of MGG since 1970 are: (i) the collection, conservation and distribution of PGR; (ii) the characterization and evaluation of PGRs and the analysis of their genetic structure; (ii) the selection and pre-breeding of PGR, and the recognition of useful genes.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Mediterranean Basin, Southern Europe, Africa, South America, Asia.
Taxonomic Coverage: Crop species, Crop wild relatives, Other wild species. Families: Amaranthaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Apocynaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Bignoniaceae, Boraginaceae, Brassicaceae, Cannaceae, Capparaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Compositae, Convolvulaceae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Labiateae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Linaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Orobanchaceae, Papaveraceae, Pedaliaceae, Plantaginaceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rutaceae, Solanaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Valerianaceae.
Institution: Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse di Bari (CNR-IBBR-BA)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 1,500
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: Venice Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea
Taxonomic Coverage: Algae and seagrasses, Gracilariales, Bangiales and Ulvales
Institution: Istituto di Scienze Marine di Venezia (CNR-ISMAR-VE)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 332
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: Ionian Sea
Taxonomic Coverage: Marine algae
Institution: Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque di Taranto (CNR-IRSA-TA)
Collection Type: Preserved Organisms
Preservation Type: n/a
Specimen count: 2,000,000
Specimens in GBIF: 2
Description: n/a
Geographic Coverage: Worldwide, Especially Italy and Mediterranean area
Taxonomic Coverage: All groups
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)
Collection Type: n/a
Preservation Type: Sample Dried
Specimen count: n/a
Specimens in GBIF: n/a
Description: At present [2015] the collection includes c. 3500 herbarium specimens from the region of Tuscany (Italy), especially the southern parts (Maremma), representing over 1500 species. The specimens were collected mostly by the owner (Federico Selvi, professor of Botany at the University of Firenze) between 1994 and 2015. Every year new specimens are added to the collection. A complete list of specimens is available, as well as the scanned images of the sheets in .jpg format. These are still not available on line, but hopefully will be soon.
Geographic Coverage: n/a
Taxonomic Coverage: n/a
Institution: Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze (MSNF-GLP)