GR-NHMC-UOC Passport Collections

Identification and description

LSID/GRSCICOLL URI If available provide the LSID code

Index Hebarium code If available provide the Index Herbarium code

Outstanding collection features

NHMC collections come mainly from the Mediterranean area which:

is the second largest hotspot in the world covering a vast area of more than 2 million km2 with 22.500 plant species been registered (four times higher than the number encountered in the rest of Europe)
is characterized by a high rate of endemism (52% of the 22.500 plants, 33.5% of the 230 reptile species, 34.2% of the 79 amphibian species & 29.2% of the 216 freshwater fishes are endemic to the area.
includes the Aegean archipelago with 7.852 islands & islets.

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Genetic repositories

Link to genetic repository e.g. Index Seminum

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GENETIC REPOSITORIES

Does your institution have a DNA bank?

Yes

Number of DNA samples

300

Number of organisms / species

100

Does your institution have a seed bank?

DNA or seed sample exchange

Yes, with: o Yale University, USA o CIBIO, PORTUGAL o Natural History Museum, London, UK o University of Cyprus, CYPRUS o Ege University, TURKEY o University of Arizona, USA

Size and importance of living collections

Collections statistics

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EARTH SCIENCES (Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology,…)


	Typology	Primary types	Individual specimens/objects	% registered cards	% recorded cards in database
1.1	Palaeontology	4	12000		100

LIFE SCIENCES (Zoology, Biology, Botany, Mycology,…)


	Typology	Primary types	Individual specimens/objects	% registered cards	% recorded cards in database
2.1	Botany	10	34000		60
2.2	Zoology	21	2600000		60

Heritage Science

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Library number of items

Library Number of Maps

Library

Different kinds of materials are collected and catalogued in the Library of NHMC, including both printed and not printed material. Currently, the collections are:

A Data Base of bibliographic data on the fauna and flora of Aegean Islands and Peloponnese (modern and fossil)
Videotapes and CD ROMs, volumes of various proceedings of Congresses, educational material
Books (Approximately 1700 titles)
Maps of the Hellenic Geographic Military Service (H.M.G.S.), P.N/Y.Y, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL RESEARCH (400)
Copies of 6500 articles published in scientifical journals, dealing mainly with the topics of natural history and environment of Crete, other Aegean Islands and Peloponnisos but also including other topics of research.
Journals (160 titles, 3170 items of scientific and no scientific)

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