A Guide to Making Botanical Collections

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Revised edition. The practice of botanical collecting is an endeavour shared by a broad community of people working with plant and fungal biodiversity. Botanical collecting introduces living material to curated botanic gardens, ensuring species are conserved ex situ, and preserves specimens as records of this biodiversity, for future study and reference. This guide to the fundamentals of making botanical collections in the field summarises best practice, from planning to specimen preparation.