Mimosa L. (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) in the herbarium Northern Agronomic Institute of Embrapa Eastern Amazonia

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Milton Garcia
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Araujo, Lorena Lisboa, Souza, Helena Joseane Raiol, Xavier Júnior, Sebastião Ribeiro, Silva, Wanderson Luís da Silva e
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentavel
• Texto Completo: https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/RVADS/article/view/5481
• topic: Herbários Virtuais; Conservação; Coleção Científica; Banco de Dados.; Herbalists; Conservation; Scientific Collection; Database.

The biological collections are evidence of the biodiversity and requisit instrument for several studies and, in this context, the Herbarium of Embrapa Amazônia Oriental was indexed by the Index Herbariorum under the acronym IAN, because at the time of its creation Embrapa was called Instituto Agronômico do Norte, contains a wide diversity of gender Mimosa L., which shows notable economical potential by having a lot of applications in folk medicine, recovery of degraded areas, environmental services, animal food, timber and other utilities. This present study aims to realize the database collection, informatization and availability of Mimosa L. genus, in the herbarium IAN collection of Embrapa Oriental Amazon, highlighting the relevance of the collection and the diversity of existent samples. The data which contains the genus were extracted from the Herbarium IAN database with the software BRAHMS and compared with the data contained in the exsiccates. In this way, it is possible to repair, add data and images that are not found in the database. After verification of the data and the quality of the images, the information become available on internet. So, there were obtained 683 gender Mimosa samples, with presence of 176 species collected in several places, and the estate of Pará being the most representative among the others states. Thus, were verified that near 93% of Mimosa data collection from Herbarium IAN is computerized and with its respective scanned images;86% of all Mimosa material owned to the IAN is available on the software Herbário Virtual IAN. The present study also points out the importance of the collection digital processing and availability, which provide agility and accessibility for scientific institutions and the communities in general.