title: The French Muséum national d'histoire naturelle vascular plant herbarium collection dataset.
abstract: We provide a quantitative description of the French national herbarium vascular plants collection dataset. Held at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, it currently comprises records for 5,400,000 specimens, representing 90% of the estimated total of specimens. Ninety nine percent of the specimen entries are linked to one or more images and 16% have field-collecting information available. This major botanical collection represents the results of over three centuries of exploration and study. The sources of the collection are global, with a strong representation for France, including overseas territories, and former French colonies. The compilation of this dataset was made possible through numerous national and international projects, the most important of which was linked to the renovation of the herbarium building. The vascular plant collection is actively expanding today, hence the continuous growth exhibited by the dataset, which can be fully accessed through the GBIF portal or the MNHN database portal (available at: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/search/form). This dataset is a major source of data for systematics, global plants macroecological studies or conservation assessments.
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Gwenaël
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Bras
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.|Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pignal
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Marc L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jeanson
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aupic
authors.affiliation: Archéozoologie, archéobotanique UMR 7209 (LaBex BCDiv) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carré
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flament
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaudeul
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Vanessa R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Invernón
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jabbour
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lerat
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.|Missouri Botanical Garden, P O Box 299, St Louis, Missouri 63166, USA.
authors.forename: Porter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Bérangère
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Offroy
authors.affiliation: Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Eva Pérez
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Pimparé
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Poncy
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Germinal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rouhan
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haevermans
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D009144:Museums; D010944:Plants