Asteraceae of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium

The 'Asteraceae 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 the Flora of the New England region of New South Wales, Australia through collection, exchange, curation and study of high quality herbarium specimens and associated activities and collections based at the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium. A particular local focus has been on Xerochrysum. The N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium holds 5,551 specimens of Asteraceae, of which 5,236 were collected in Australia. The collection includes 946 species of Asteraceae, and 260 genera. Specimens have been collected from all Australian states and territories. Specimens from outside Australia have been collected in Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Canada, China, Congo, Cuba, Denmark, Fiji, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Switzerland, 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.比德尔标本馆菊科（Asteraceae）植物’馆藏项目旨在通过依托该馆开展的高质量标本采集、交换、馆藏管理与研究及相关配套活动，助力全球范围内这一重要的真双子叶植物（eudicots）世界性广布大科的发现、描述与分析工作，研究重点尤其聚焦澳大利亚新南威尔士州新英格兰地区的植物区系。项目对蜡菊属（Xerochrysum）类群给予了特别关注。N.C.W.比德尔标本馆现保存有5551份菊科标本，其中5236份采自澳大利亚境内。该馆藏涵盖菊科946个物种、260个属，标本采集范围覆盖澳大利亚所有州与领地。境外采集的标本则来自阿尔及利亚、阿根廷、奥地利、加拿大、中国、刚果、古巴、丹麦、斐济、意大利、墨西哥、摩洛哥、新西兰、瑞士及美利坚合众国。N.C.W.比德尔标本馆的标本台纸馆藏已完成数据库构建，向注册用户开放在线数据录入与查询服务。馆藏记录包含澳大利亚学界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，参考规范可参照澳大利亚国家植物标本馆的野外记录手册：http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/collecting/field-note-book.html），涵盖物种名称、采集者、采集地点与生境等核心信息。