Flora Sumatra: Digitizing and data basing specimens of the Sumatran Flora deposited at Herbarium Universitas Andalas (ANDA)-Part 2

Herbarium of Andalas University (ANDA) is one of the active herbaria in Sumatra, Indonesia. Our herbarium host specimens mainly from Sumatra and adjacent islands, but limited numbers of collections also available from elsewhere. Since its establishment in 1983, the herbarium collections have grown with over 65,000 sheets of specimens. Although the collections are actively being used for research and education by locals and internationals, the lack of a database system has made the collections hard to access. Since 2018, we have worked with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to catalog and digitize our collections. Here we reviewed our cataloged specimens. Until now, we have cataloged more than 31,000 of sheet specimens from 1700 species in 340 genera and 29 families of vascular plants. Those are reported in several datasets. This dataset elucidated the geo-referenced data from 676 species in 255 genera within 14 families of vascular plants. Among all of the families we have cataloged here are Acanthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Apocynaceae, Compositae, Convolvulaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Ebenaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Melastomataceae, Primulaceae, Rutaceae, Ulmaceae. Among them are 3 species that are endemic to Sumatra, Endangered (1 species) , Near Threatened (1 species), Vulnerable (8 species), Least concern (79 species) and 1 species protected under Indonesian government regulation. This data mobilazation program is our first step to improve research and education for plant species in Sumatra.