The colonial legacy of herbaria
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F23%3A00577133" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/23:00577133 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132192 RIV/00216208:11310/23:10475222
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41562-023-01616-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The colonial legacy of herbaria
Original language description
Herbarium collections shape our understanding of Earth’s flora and are crucial for addressing global change issues. Their formation, however, is not free from sociopolitical issues of immediate relevance. Despite increasing efforts addressing issues of representation and colonialism in natural history collections, herbaria have received comparatively less attention. While it has been noted that the majority of plant specimens are housed in the Global North, the extent and magnitude of this disparity have not been quantified. Here we examine the colonial legacy of botanical collections, analysing 85,621,930 specimen records and assessing survey responses from 92 herbarium collections across 39 countries. We find an inverse relationship between where plant diversity exists in nature and where it is housed in herbaria. Such disparities persist across physical and digital realms despite overt colonialism ending over half a century ago. We emphasize the need for acknowledging the colonial history of herbarium collections and implementing a more equitable global paradigm for their collection, curation and use.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Human Behaviour
ISSN
2397-3374
e-ISSN
2397-3374
Volume of the periodical
7
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
1059-1068
UT code for WoS article
001004984500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85163074535