RBR herbarium - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - Herbário Virtual REFLORA

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro on Dec 1, 2025 Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro
Publication date:
1 December 2025
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Description

The Herbarium of the Department of Botany at UFRRJ, internationally recognized by the acronym RBR, was founded in 1916, initially functioning as a division of the Higher School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (ESAMEV), now the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Its establishment is attributed to Ezequiel Cândido de Souza Brito, a professor in the Agricultural Botany sector of ESAMEV. The RBR collection is registered in the Index Herbariorum (http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/), the Brazilian Herbarium Network of the Brazilian Botanical Society (https://www.botanica.org.br/catalogo-da-rede-brasileira-de-herbarios/), and the Collection and Archive Coordination Unit (NAAC – PROEXT - UFRRJ). Additionally, RBR is involved in major digitization and data-sharing projects, making its records accessible worldwide. Its specimens can be accessed through the Virtual Herbarium of the Flora and Fungi of Brazil(https://specieslink.net/search/) under the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT), as well as through its own database (http://rbr.jbrj.gov.br). Currently, the RBR houses approximately 55,000 specimens, including type specimens, some of which were collected by traveling naturalists in the 19th century, such as Arsène Puttemans (1873–1937). The collection primarily consists of specimens from the Southeastern region of Brazil. #-------------------- O Herbário do Departamento de Botânica da UFRRJ, reconhecido internacionalmente pela sigla RBR, foi fundado em 1916, quando na época funcionava como um setor da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinária (ESAMEV), atual Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Sua fundação se deve ao catedrático do setor de Botânica Agrícola da ESAMEV, Ezequiel Cândido de Souza Brito. O acervo do RBR está registrado no índice mundial de herbários (Index Herbariorum, http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/ ), na Rede Brasileira de Herbários, Sociedade Botânica do Brasil https://www.botanica.org.br/catalogo-da-rede-brasileira-de-herbarios/), e no Núcleo de Articulação de Acervos e Coleções (NAAC – PROEXT - UFRRJ). Além disso, o RBR está vinculado a importantes projetos de informatização e disponibilização dos dados em rede mundial, para acesso de todos os usuários, tal como, o Herbário Virtual da Flora e dos Fungos https://specieslink.net/search/) do Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, INCT. Além do INCT, a informação dos exemplares informatizados também pode ser consultada em base de dados própria http://rbr.jbrj.gov.br). Atualmente, o RBR possui cerca de 55 mil amostras, incluindo tipos nomenclaturais, incluindo aquelas coletadas por naturalistas viajantes que aqui estiveram no século XIX, como Arsène Puttemans (1873-1937). Os exemplares depositados no RBR são oriundos principalmente da Região Sudeste do território Brasileiro.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2,805 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
2805
Multimedia 
2956
Identification 
2809

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Souza M, Lanna J (2025). RBR herbarium - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - Herbário Virtual REFLORA. Version 1.60. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/resource?r=rbr&v=1.60

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e6694e54-1cd6-4527-a26e-387518ea550a.  Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Brazil.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Marcelo Souza
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ
  • Caixa Postal 74582
Seropédica
RJ
BR
Rafaela Forzza
  • Point Of Contact
  • REFLORA - coordinator
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
  • Rua Pacheco Leão - 915
22460-030 Rio de Janeiro
RJ
BR
  • +552132042082
João Lanna
  • Originator
  • Data Manager
Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
  • Rua Pacheco Leão - 915
22411-030 Rio de Janeiro
RJ
BR

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers e6694e54-1cd6-4527-a26e-387518ea550a
https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/resource?r=rbr