UNIP herbarium - Universidade Paulista - Herbário Virtual REFLORA

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro on Jun 1, 2025 Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro

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Description

The UNIP Herbarium belongs to the Paulista University of Education and was officially founded in 2003, although it has existed as a reference collection for projects conducted at the institution since 1996. It holds approximately 12,000 records in its collection, comprising angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes, and bryophytes, including two holotypes and several paratypes (isoparatypes). Most of the herbarium’s specimens come from the Amazon flora, primarily collected through the Rio Negro Project, a long-term study aimed at producing plant extracts and subsequently testing their chemical activity in laboratory settings. This research focuses on the inhibition of human tumor cell growth and the effectiveness of these extracts against antibiotic-resistant bacteria commonly found in hospital environments. Officially, the project is titled "Selection, Extraction, and Identification of New Antitumor and Antibacterial Drugs from Brazilian Plants." The UNIP Herbarium also houses samples from various Brazilian biomes, including the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Caatinga, as well as duplicate specimens from other botanical collections.

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O Herbário UNIP pertence à Universidade Paulista de Ensino e foi oficialmente fundado em 2003, embora já exista como uma 'coleção de referência' de projetos realizados na Instituição desde 1996. Possui aproximadamente 12.000 registros em sua coleção, composta por angiospermas, gimnospermas, pteridófitas e briófitas, contando com dois holótipos e alguns parátipos (isoparátipos). As amostras do acervo são, em sua maioria, provenientes da flora da Amazônia, oriundas do Projeto Rio Negro, um estudo de longa duração que visa à produção de extratos vegetais e posterior teste laboratorial da ação química desses extratos sobre a inibição de crescimento de células tumorais humanas e de bactérias resistentes a antibióticos convencionais de uso hospitalar [oficialmente, o projeto é denominado de "Seleção, extração e identificação de novas drogas antitumorais e antibacterianas de plantas brasileiras"]. O Herbário UNIP possui, ainda, amostras de vários biomas brasileiros, como a Mata Atlântica, o Cerrado e a Caatinga, além de duplicatas de outros acervos botânicos.

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 7,393 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)
7393
Multimedia 
7660
Identification 
7452

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:

Paciencia M (2025). UNIP herbarium - Universidade Paulista - Herbário Virtual REFLORA. Version 1.175. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/resource?r=unip&v=1.175

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.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 99944819-a402-4862-a07b-bcb3dd63b59b.  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

Mateus Paciencia
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
Universidade Paulista
  • Av. Paulista 900, 1o.andar. Bela Vista 01310-100
São Paulo
São Paulo
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

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 99944819-a402-4862-a07b-bcb3dd63b59b
https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/resource?r=unip