IHerbSpec
First IHerbSpec Symposium. Image credit © 2025 Harvard University.
International Herbarium Spectral Scanning (IHerbSpec) Working Group
Description
The International Herbarium Spectral Digitization Working Group (IHerbSpec) is a global consortium advancing standardized methods for collecting and using reflectance spectra from herbarium specimens.
Our goal is to support integrative plant biodiversity research by harmonizing measurement workflows, metadata standards, and data-sharing practices.
Funding/ Partners
- Aarhus University
- Field Museum
- French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
- Harvard University
- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- NASA Goddard
- National Institute of Amazonian Research
- Natural History Museum Denmark
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Texas A&M University
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of California Davis
- University of Cambridge
- University of Florida
- University of Maine
- University of Minnesota
- University of Montpellier
Leadership
Collaborators
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Kimberly Hansen
Related link(s)
Caroline C. Vasconcelos
Research Fellow
My research interests include taxonomy and systematics (especially neotropical Sapotaceae), spectroscopy as a integrative tools, Amazonian flora, species distribution modeling, floristic studies, and tropical forest ecology.
