Description
The Herbarium of the Department of Botany (RFA), part of the Institute of Biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, was established in 1954 by Professor Paulo Occhioni to support teaching and research activities. The collection began with specimens recovered from the Faculty of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro, including 794 exsiccatae from botanist J.C. Ducommun's European Flora Collection. Over time, it was expanded with specimens from the flora of Rio de Janeiro, collected during regular botanical excursions. Currently, the herbarium houses more than 46,000 specimens from all plant groups and fungi, including 118 nomenclatural types and two auxiliary collections, the Carpotheca and the Phototheca. The RFA is a dynamic collection that also plays a role in scientific outreach and integrates teaching, research, and extension activities—inseparable pillars of the university's mission.
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O Herbário do Departamento de Botânica (RFA), do Instituto de Biologia pertencente à Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, foi criado em 1954, pelo professor Paulo Occhioni, para atender às atividades de ensino e pesquisa. A coleção teve início a partir das coletas resgatadas na Faculdade de Medicina do Rio de Janeiro, representadas por 794 exsicatas da Coleção da Flora Europeia do botânico J.C. Ducommun. Posteriormente, a coleção foi incrementada com amostras da Flora do Rio de Janeiro, resultado de excursões botânicas periódicas. Atualmente, constam no herbário mais de 46 mil espécimes de todos os grupos vegetais e fungos. Destacam-se 118 tipos nomenclaturais e duas coleções auxiliares, a Carpoteca e a Fototeca. O RFA é uma coleção dinâmica que também atua na divulgação científica e nas atividades que envolvem o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão, pilares indissociáveis que regem a universidade.
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 45,548 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.
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:
Lopes R C (2025). RFA herbarium - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Herbário Virtual REFLORA. Version 1.37. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/resource?r=rfa&v=1.37
Rights
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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.
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Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Curadora
- Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373., Bl. A1-74, CCS - IB, Depto. Botânica, Cidade Universitária
- (21)3938-6324
- Point Of Contact
- Gerenciador de bases de dados
- Rua Pacheco Leão 915
Geographic Coverage
Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Europa
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-62.383, -78.1], North East [42.937, 85.45] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
N/A
| Kingdom | Fungi, Plantae, Protista |
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| Family | VOCHYSIACEAE, ASTERACEAE, APOCYNACEAE, ASPARAGACEAE, GESNERIACEAE, FABACEAE, XYLARIACEAE, AQUIFOLIACEAE, RHODYMENIACEAE, MYRTACEAE, RUBIACEAE, ERICACEAE, RANUNCULACEAE, POLYGALACEAE, POACEAE, LINACEAE, VALSACEAE, BRASSICACEAE, OCHNACEAE, CLADONIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, BORAGINACEAE, ORCHIDACEAE, OLEACEAE, RHAMNACEAE, LAMIACEAE, HYMENOCHAETACEAE, SIMAROUBACEAE, PHAKOPSORACEAE, CLUSIACEAE, BIXACEAE, PASSIFLORACEAE, RUTACEAE, PROTEACEAE, BIGNONIACEAE, ACANTHACEAE, EUPHORBIACEAE, LAURACEAE, MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE, AULOGRAPHACEAE, AMARANTHACEAE |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1814-11-15 / 2024-05-02 |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/resource?r=rfa |
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