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Old #herbarium sheets come with perks and challenges. I love to figure out what is written. For this particularly hard example, I got lucky because the collection was cited with the old species name in an old paper. It's "An der Lesum bei #Vegesack" in #Bremen, Germany. Could you have deciphered it?

The label is written in German #Kurrentschrift, an old style of handwriting. The long s in "Lesum" and the V and the k in Vegesack are unusual, and the first e rather looks like an "a". But there is no alternative at the Lesum river. Johann Otto Boeckeler is known to have collected in NW Germany.

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Finding herbarium specimens in a large collection is not trivial. Specimens are stored under a scientific name, often called filed-as name, and arranged according to their higher taxonomy, i.e. families and orders. The filed-as name is preferably the correct name (under taxonomic rules and according to the latest taxonomic treatments). However, changes happen(ed) often and quickly, and it is impossible to keep large collections always up-to-date. Some plant groups need to be looked at by specialists, some plant groups are heavily disputed by taxonomists so a curator cannot make a consensus. An Index that lists the genera of all filed-as names and also known synonyms is therefore necessary to guide visitors and curators alike to the specimen in demand.

After around ten years, the Index to the General Herbarium at the NHM London received a major update. It now includes the gymnosperms (pines, junipers, Welwitschia, ephedras etc.) that were forgotten before, and reflects major recuration projects, such as the complete overhaul of the Asparagales (asparagus, lilies, snowdrops, smilax) and the Vitaceae (wine), and many many small updates, corrections, and additions.

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Q&A Spotlight: Anne Collins Smith on Antiques & the Art of Collecting

...#NewOrleansMuseumOfArt #AnneCollinsSmith #ArtCurator #MuseumLeadership #NOMA #ArtExhibitions #CulturalHeritage #ArtHistory #VisualArts #CuratorLife #ArtCommunity #HaywardOubre #WillieBirch #CuratorsInterlocutors #CathedralThinking #ArtEngagement The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) welcomed Anne Collins Smith as its new chief curator on February 11, marking a significant addition to its leadership…

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Unveiling Treasures: Q&A with Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell in Antiques And The Arts Weekly

...#McNayArtMuseum #CuratorLife #PrintsAndDrawings #ArtCurator #ElizabethKathleenMitchell #SanAntonioArt #ArtExhibitions #PrintFair #ArtHistory #ModernArt #ContemporaryArt #ArtAcquisitions #ArtEducation #TexasArtScene #ArtMuseumLife Dr. Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell has recently been appointed as the curator of prints and drawings at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas,…

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