saw leng guan forest research institute malaysia los banos , the philippines november 2013

INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIAFOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA

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Biodiversity Databases at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia and the

Malaysian Clearing House Mechanism

Saw Leng GuanForest Research Institute Malaysia

Los Banos, The PhilippinesNovember 2013




Malaysian BiodiversityTaxon Total Species

Mammals 298

Birds 742

Amphibians 203

Reptiles 397

Freshwater fish 449

Marine fish c. 1,300

Vascular plants c. 15,000

Mosses 522

Fungi > 4,000

Insects & other arthropods ?




Databases managed by FRIM

• Research Collection Database– Herbarium database • Kepong Herbarium database (BRAHMS)

– Entomological collection database• Databases under the Malaysia Biological

Diversity Clearing House Mechanism (CHM)

Biodiversity Collections and Research Databases in FRIM

Collections Number of specimens

Records in database

Botanical Collection

>350,000 > 220,000

Macrofungal Collection

c. 5,000 nil

Entomological Collection

>600,000 c. 1,000

Zoological Collection

c. 3,000 nil




The Herbarium




Botanical Specimen Dataset




Botanical Research And Herbarium Management System

(BRAHMS)




Data Structure of BRAHMSCore databases

Taxon info

Geographic info

People

Images & documents

Collection databases

Botanical records

Living collections

Seed bank

DNA

Plot samples

Maps

• Database started in 1991

• Database now contains over 220,000 entries

of the over 350,000 specimens at KEPONG

herbarium




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Herbarium Specimens added into BRAHMS at Kepong

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Iguanura geonomiformis

Iguanura kelantanensis

Entomological Collection

Over 600,000 specimens in the collection

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http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/




Flora and Fauna Databases at CHM• Flora Databases

– Vascular plants of Malaysia– Seaweeds of Malaysia

• Fauna Databases– Mammals of Peninsular Malaysia– Birds of Malaysia– Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia– Amphibians of Peninsular Malaysia– Freshwater fish of Malaysia– Marine fish of Malaysia– Freshwater crabs of Peninsular Malaysia– Rhinoceros beetles of Malaysia– Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia– Ants of Peninsular Malaysia

The more matured database – Vascular Plants

Protected Area database

Cycas cantafolia(described in 2010 from Johor)

Thank you so much

saw leng guan forest research institute malaysia los banos , the philippines november 2013

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