Cucurbitaceae of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium

The 'Cucurbitaceae of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium' collection aims to contribute to the discovery, description and analysis of this important cosmopolitan family of eudicots across the world, with special focus on Australian Cucurbitaceae 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. A particular local effort has been on Cucumis and Sicyos. The N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium holds 243 specimens of Cucurbitaceae of which 231 were collected in Australia. The collection includes 38 species of Cucurbitaceae, and 29 genera. Specimens have been collected from all Australian states and territories except Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. Specimens from outside Australia have been collected in China, Fiji, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. 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.

‘N.C.W.比德尔标本馆葫芦科（Cucurbitaceae）植物馆藏’项目旨在推动全球范围内这一重要的真双子叶植物（eudicots）世界性类群的发现、描述与分析研究，重点聚焦澳大利亚葫芦科植物。项目通过采集、交换、整理、研究优质标本馆藏，并依托N.C.W.比德尔标本馆开展相关活动与馆藏建设，同时联合全球合作伙伴推进相关工作。本次馆藏特别针对黄瓜属（Cucumis）与刺萼瓜属（Sicyos）开展本地化研究工作。N.C.W.比德尔标本馆现存葫芦科标本共计243份，其中231份采集自澳大利亚境内。该馆藏涵盖葫芦科植物38种、29属。标本采集范围覆盖澳大利亚除塔斯马尼亚州与澳大利亚首都领地外的所有州及领地。境外采集的标本则来自中国、斐济、墨西哥、英国及美利坚合众国。N.C.W.比德尔标本馆的标本馆藏已完成数据库建档，注册用户可在线进行数据录入与数据查询。馆藏记录包含澳大利亚通用的绝大多数标准标本馆标签字段（详见http://www.une.edu.au/herbarium/collecting.php，参考标准可参见http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/collecting/field-note-book.html），涵盖物种名称、采集者、采集地点与生境等信息。