Cyperaceae of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium

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The 'Cyperaceae of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium' collection aims to contribute to the discovery, description and analysis of this important cosmopolitan family of monocots across the world, with special focus on Australian Cyperaceae and Worldwide on Schoeneae through collection, exchange, curation and study of high quality herbarium specimens and associated activities and collections based at the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium and with worldwide collaborators. Particular local efforts focus on Schoeneae, Chrysitricteae, Carex and Abildgaardieae. The N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium holds 5,794 specimens of Cyperaceae, of which 4,625 were collected in Australia. The collection includes 1,059 species of Cyperaceae and 84 genera. Specimens have been collected from all Australian states and territories. Specimens from outside Australia have been collected in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Greenland, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Japan, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Venezuela, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The specimen sheet collection of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium is databased and available to registered users for online data entry and data query. Records include most standard herbarium label fields (see http://www.une.edu.au/herbarium/collecting.php) as used across Australia (e.g. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/collecting/field-note-book.html) including name, collector(s), locality and habitat.