Vraagtekens bij collecties in de herbaria van Michael Scheidweiler en Camiel Pelgrims: Juncus atratus, een rijtje woladventieven en andere curiosa

Remarkable plant records not infrequently raise questions regarding their reliability. A critical evaluation is based on the study of elements that relate to both the plant and the collector. In this paper we pay attention to some herbarium collections of two Belgian collectors from the 19th and 20th centuries, respectively M. Scheidweiler (indigenous flora) and C. Pelgrims
(wool aliens). The available information does not allow a final judgment to be made. As evaluators, we can only formulate a personal opinion based on a critical assessment. Especially the assessment of the human factor, which may range from sloppy herbarium management to conscious fraud, is delicate. Care must be taken that deleting a ‘suspect’ record does not lead to a chain reaction of rejected data.

Jaar van publicatie:2019

Toegankelijkheid:Open