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Biodiversity Databases at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia and the Malaysian Clearing House Mechanism. Saw Leng Guan Forest Research Institute Malaysia Los Banos , The Philippines November 2013. Malaysian Biodiversity. Databases managed by FRIM. Research Collection Database
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Biodiversity Databases at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia and the Malaysian Clearing House Mechanism Saw Leng Guan Forest Research Institute Malaysia Los Banos, The Philippines November 2013
Databases managed by FRIM • Research Collection Database • Herbarium database • Kepong Herbarium database (BRAHMS) • Entomological collection database • Databases under the Malaysia Biological Diversity Clearing House Mechanism (CHM)
Data Structure of BRAHMS Core databases Collection databases Botanical records Taxon info Plot samples DNA Geographic info Living collections People Seed bank Maps Images & documents
Database started in 1991 • Database now contains over 220,000 entries of the over 350,000 specimens at KEPONG herbarium
Data Entry at Kepong Herbarium Records
Entomological Collection • Over 600,000 specimens in the collection
Flora and Fauna Databases at CHM • Flora Databases • Vascular plants of Malaysia • Seaweeds of Malaysia • Fauna Databases • Mammals of Peninsular Malaysia • Birds of Malaysia • Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia • Amphibians of Peninsular Malaysia • Freshwater fish of Malaysia • Marine fish of Malaysia • Freshwater crabs of Peninsular Malaysia • Rhinoceros beetles of Malaysia • Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia • Ants of Peninsular Malaysia
Cycas cantafolia(described in 2010 from Johor) Thank you so much