Vascular Types

Vascular types are filed separately from the general collection -- fern types are with the fern collection on the 5th floor, and phanerogamic types are filed on the 3rd floor. They are filed by their basionym and in the same sequence as the rest of the herbarium. 

Paratypes, topotypes, and type photographs are filed in the general collection. 

If you need to make type labels, the templates are available here.

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You have found a type (either in the general collection, annotated by a visitor, or unmounted)! You marvel at the specimen in which the name of this taxon is permanently attached; these specimens are extremely important to botanists who are attempting to determine the correct application of a name. You recall that Amy Weiss has an office in the sorting room (154B) and that she manages the type collection. However, these specimens won't file themselves and you want to finish by lunch time. Do you...

Give the type to Amy.....go to page 81

Ignore it, you have more urgent things to do.....go to page 110