title: František Nábělek's Iter Turcico-Persicum 1909-1910 - database and digitized herbarium collection.
abstract: The Czech botanist František Nábělek (1884-1965) explored the Middle East in 1909-1910, visiting what are now Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Bahrain, Iran and Turkey. He described four new genera, 78 species, 69 varieties and 38 forms of vascular plants, most of these in his workIter Turcico-Persicum(1923-1929). The main herbarium collection of Iter Turcico-Persicum comprises 4163 collection numbers (some with duplicates), altogether 6465 specimens. It is currently deposited in the herbarium SAV. In addition, some fragments and duplicates are found in B, E, W and WU. The whole collection at SAV was recently digitized and both images and metadata are available via web portal www.nabelek.sav.sk, and through JSTOR Global Plants and the Biological Collection Access Service. Most localities were georeferenced and the web portal provides a mapping facility. Annotation of specimens is available via the AnnoSys facility. For each specimen a CETAF stable identifier is provided enabling the correct reference to the image and metadata.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Matúš
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kempa
authors.affiliation: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edmondson
authors.affiliation: Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Strasse 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans Walter
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lack
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Janka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smatanová
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marhold
keywords: Database; František Nábělek; Herbarium; Near East; Vascular Plants