Databases

Moss Database - East Asia

Moss Database - East Asia

This database was put together by Dr. M. Ignatov in Moscow and Associate Professor Benito Tan by merging two recently published moss checklists: one for China (Redfearn et al., 1996, Journ. Hattori Bot. Lab. 79: 163-357) and another one for the Indochina (Tan and Iwatsuki, 1993, Journ. Hattori Bot. Lab. 74: 325-405).

East Asia is a vast and geologically old continent encompassing China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan and Indochina. The area covered by this database includes the highest mountain peak and the lowest land point on earth.

The total moss taxa known from East Asia is more than 2,000 species, representing nearly 1/5 of the world's total moss diversity. 

 

Moss Database - Malesia

Moss Database - Malesia

The construction of a database of Malesian mosses started many years ago when Associate Professor Benito Tan was a Research Associate at the Farlow Herbarium of the Harvard University.

Malesia is a vast geographical region spanning across the tropical Asia from Peninsular Malaya to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

There are about 1770 species in 330 genera of mosses in Malesia.

 

Reptile and Amphibian Collection

Parts of the reptile and amphibian collection, is available online and searchable on Herpnet.