ANHSIR: ANH Specimen Information Register

Search the Australian National Herbarium (CANB) herbarium database records. Data may be queried by matching text patterns on a number of fields and data reports are available in a number of different formats. Most fields are case sensitive and the wildcard is the percentage sign (%). A valid user name and password is required to access all of the download options and data elements available through this database gateway.

The User Guide provides instruction on using this form to query the database.

Experimental locality census tool

Please exercise care in the structure of queries and the use of wildcards to avoid excessively large reports.

Output format

User Name

Password

Display (Check to select; Default = all)	Sort Order (1,2...)	Query by value (% = wildcard, e.g. Rut% lepto%; ! = not, e.g. !ACT; most fields are case sensitive)
Image		Associated digital images
Photo		Associated digital photographs
exclude QRS material		Check to exclude QRS material
only QRS material		Check for QRS only view
Qualifier		cf.; aff.; ?
Taxon group		CA; CC; CF; CH; CL; CM; CP; CX; PD; PG; PM
Family		a valid plant family name
Taxon name		With Authorities. Use wildcard (%) to search
Name		The Name without authorities(URL)
Genus		Generic name
Species		specific epithet
Rank		Rank abbreviation
Infraspecies		infraspecific epithet
Previous det.		search and display previous determinations with taxon name
Collector		use wildcard (%)
Field no.
Herbarium		Index Herbariorum code
Accession no		Institutions Accession Number
Other collectors		use wildcard (%)
Collection date
Year of collection
Country
Region code		NST; SNB; VGI; WGA;... map
State		ACT; NSW; NT; VIC; QLD; SA; TAS; WA; etc.
Species aggregate		s.l.; s.s; sp. agg.
Determination		det.; conf.; vide; etc.
Det. by		use wildcard (%)
Det. day		Day of the month
Det. month		Month (Jan,Feb,Mar,...,Dec)
Det. year		Year (2004)
Nearest place		use wildcard (%)
Spec geog unit		use wildcard (%)
Locality		* use wildcard (%)
Google Map		Select for link to Google map
Local abundance
Cultivated		c,o,w,[u]
Latitude
Longitude
Decimal latitude		* decimal degrees (minus = S). 'between -35.82 and -35.0' will work ( Note the smallest number first ).
Decimal longitude		* decimal degrees (minus = W). 'Between ...' syntax will also work here
Geocode precision
Geocode source
Latitude Degrees
Latitude minutes
Latitude seconds		*
Latitude hemisphere		Hemisphere of latitude ( N or S )
Longitude degrees
Longitude minutes
Longitude seconds		*
Longitude hemisphere		Hemispere of longitude ( E or W )
Geographic grid
Grid class
Altitude		in metres
Depth		in metres
Habit		use wildcard (%)
Habitat		use wildcard (%)
Notes		use wildcard (%)
Herbarium items		a number
Herbarium material		H; V; B; A; I; W; etc.
Gardens material		C; P; S; etc.
Buds
Flowers
Fruit
Leaves
Bark
Roots
Replicate number		a number
Replicates to		Index Herbariorum codes
Loan		Loan number-seq. From Loan System
Loan ID		CANB outgoing loan ID number. Query only
Loan seq_no		sequence within a loan ID. Query only
Exchange ID		CANB outgoing Exchange number (Output format must be HISPID3)
Exchange item no		sequence within an exchange ID
Donor		Index Herbariorum codes
Donor acc_no		accession no of donor institution
Type		type material
Collection items		display item types
Hybrid		H,X,I,U
Create Date
Update Date
Units
Plant Records		List Plants from the Living collection
Unit id
Username		ANHSIR user name
Password

The reports from this query form are live extracts from the Australian National Herbarium Specimen Information Register (ANHSIR) datatabase and represent the state of the database at the time the query was made.

User Guide

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