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William H. Emory https://bionomia.net/Q780105 collected the holotype EHRETIACEAE: Tiquilia brevifolia var. plicata Torr. in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1930102679 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype EHRETIACEAE: Tiquilia brevifolia var. plicata Torr.. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing.

He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.

He will be missed.

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Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away
Renowned Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away on 20 November 2025.After decades of collaboration with the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes in Ott...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Charles Henry Tyler Townsend https://bionomia.net/Q2959356 collected the holotype ONAGRACEAE: Fuchsia townsendii I. M. Johnston in Ecuador https://gbif.org/occurrence/1998342399 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype ONAGRACEAE: Fuchsia townsendii I. M. Johnston. President and Fellows of Harvard College https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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“Overall, these findings suggest that the value of natural history collections as global research infrastructure is eroding due to decreased collecting of specimen data across species, locations, and time.“ doi.org/10.1038/s414... Interesting analysis based on @gbif.org data.
Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications
Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Cornelius Lott Shear https://bionomia.net/Q2596205 collected the holotype Illosporium conicola Ellis & Everh. in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1929002346 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype Illosporium conicola Ellis & Everh.. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Arthur Francis George Kerr https://bionomia.net/Q4798733 collected the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Neogyna gardneriana in Thailand https://gbif.org/occurrence/912481059 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Neogyna gardneriana. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Erik Leonard Ekman https://bionomia.net/Q541549 collected the holotype SOLANACEAE: Solanum miragoanae Urb. in Haiti https://gbif.org/occurrence/1096602889 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype SOLANACEAE: Solanum miragoanae Urb.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Image of the holotype SOLANACEAE: Solanum miragoanae Urb.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Joseph Clemens https://bionomia.net/Q6282164 collected the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Malaxis graciliscapa Ames & C. Schweinfurth in Malaysia https://gbif.org/occurrence/1998569289 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Malaxis graciliscapa Ames & C. Schweinfurth. President and Fellows of Harvard College https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Per Karl Hjalmar Dusén https://bionomia.net/Q5625930 collected the holotype ORTHOTRICHACEAE: Ulota aurantiaca https://gbif.org/occurrence/1052441381 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype ORTHOTRICHACEAE: Ulota aurantiaca. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Image of the holotype ORTHOTRICHACEAE: Ulota aurantiaca. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Image of the holotype ORTHOTRICHACEAE: Ulota aurantiaca. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Searching for a spectacular writer! 🔎🪲

GBIF are seeking a contractor to support the Secretariat in producing an overview paper documenting GBIF's 25 years of operations.

Deadline for proposal submissions: 📍 3 December 2025.

⚡Explore the details here:🔗 gbif.link/25-year-co...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Cyrus Pringle https://bionomia.net/Q3009492 collected the holotype FABACEAE: Brongniartia paniculata Rose ex Rydberg in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1999203640 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype FABACEAE: Brongniartia paniculata Rose ex Rydberg. President and Fellows of Harvard College https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Charles E. Fairman https://bionomia.net/Q5077090 collected the holotype KIRSCHSTEINIOTHELIACEAE: Amphisphaeria abietina in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/4104449515 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype KIRSCHSTEINIOTHELIACEAE: Amphisphaeria abietina. Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP-) http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Woohoo!! He did it! Now to find and ship a Bionomia mouse pad and stickers...
Mouse pad with Bionomia branding that is awarded to a scribe that attributes 1M specimen records.
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Is anyone on BlueSky hot on their late 17th to early 18th century European playing cards? I turned this one up in Trinity College Dublin Herbarium today, with a herbarium collection of a similar age.
A terrible, out of focus phone photo of a wood printed, hand coloured Queen of Diamonds playing card.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Cyrus Pringle https://bionomia.net/Q3009492 collected the holotype ASTERACEAE: Cacalia obtusiloba Robinson & Greenman in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1999007668 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype ASTERACEAE: Cacalia obtusiloba Robinson & Greenman. President and Fellows of Harvard College https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Benjamin Balansa https://bionomia.net/Q536946 collected the holotype MELASTOMATACEAE: Tibouchina gracilis (Bonpl.) Cogn. var. australis Cogn. in Paraguay https://gbif.org/occurrence/1019559679 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype MELASTOMATACEAE: Tibouchina gracilis (Bonpl.) Cogn. var. australis Cogn.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Henry Fletcher Hance https://bionomia.net/Q2657692 and Theophilus G. Sampson https://bionomia.net/Q76005517 collected the holotype SYMPLOCACEAE: Symplocos racemosa Roxb. in China https://gbif.org/occurrence/1056996350 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype SYMPLOCACEAE: Symplocos racemosa Roxb.. The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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John Kunkel Small https://bionomia.net/Q2590065 collected the holotype LAURACEAE: Persea littoralis Small in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1928182696 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype LAURACEAE: Persea littoralis Small. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Eugène Langlassé https://bionomia.net/Q109757162 collected the holotype FABACEAE: Inga langlasseana in Colombia https://gbif.org/occurrence/1321716608 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype FABACEAE: Inga langlasseana. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Mervyn Grove Palmer https://bionomia.net/Q109763849 collected the holotype DIDELPHIDAE: Philander laniger pictus Thomas, 1913 in Colombia https://gbif.org/occurrence/1919785374 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype DIDELPHIDAE: Philander laniger pictus Thomas, 1913. The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Image of the holotype DIDELPHIDAE: Philander laniger pictus Thomas, 1913. The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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John Kunkel Small https://bionomia.net/Q2590065 collected the holotype RUBIACEAE: Ernodea angusta Small in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1927802623 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype RUBIACEAE: Ernodea angusta Small. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Image of the holotype RUBIACEAE: Ernodea angusta Small. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Image of the holotype RUBIACEAE: Ernodea angusta Small. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Georg Wilhelm Schimper https://bionomia.net/Q72899 collected the holotype APOCYNACEAE: Tacazzea venosa Decne. in Ethiopia https://gbif.org/occurrence/439568158 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype APOCYNACEAE: Tacazzea venosa Decne.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Ludwig Preiss https://bionomia.net/Q6699308 collected the holotype PROTEACEAE: Hakea lehmanniana Meisn. in Australia https://gbif.org/occurrence/1929991732 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype PROTEACEAE: Hakea lehmanniana Meisn.. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Joseph Clemens https://bionomia.net/Q6282164 collected the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Malleola transversisaccata Ames & C. Schweinfurth in Malaysia https://gbif.org/occurrence/1999223983 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype ORCHIDACEAE: Malleola transversisaccata Ames & C. Schweinfurth. President and Fellows of Harvard College https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Looks like Darrin O'Brien may soon be the next Scribe to make 1M links between collector/determiner and their specimen records served to @gbif.org. 👏 bionomia.net/0009-0004-06...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM