Orchid Exsitu Collection B (JPL)

https://rwandabiodiversity.net/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=20Orchid Exsitu Collection B (JPL)Rwanda Biodiversity Specimenmichaelbthomas@gmail.comhttps://rwandabiodiversity.net/index.phpRwanda Biodiversity Specimenmichaelbthomas@gmail.comhttps://rwandabiodiversity.net/index.php2026-05-06eng  This living orchid collection is a unque biodiversity resource spanning more than 30 years of regional collecting (1991) and today includes of more than 75 specimens growing in Kigali. Through a collaborative project we have inventoried and collected leaf samples for DNA barcoding. Our herbarium team (Pascal Sibomana and Sandrine Uwase, both Master’s candidates at the University of Rwanda) and Dr. Michael Thomas traveled to The African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB) - a division of the department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology within the Faculty of Science at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa for DNA barcoding training and to initiate the DNA analysis. Specimens have been sequenced and data is unergoing analaysis.Orchid Exsitu Collection B (JPL)25 078 857-6052herbariumNHR@gmail.comhttps://rwandaherbarium.netUniversity of Rwanda, P. O. Box 117HuyeSouthern ProvinceRwandaThomasMichaelherbariumNHR@gmail.comCuratorcontentProviderUwaseSandrineData managerusandry8@gmail.comcontentProviderLebbelJean-PaulCollectorcontentProviderTo the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the 2026-05-06T06:01:57-07:00Rwanda Biodiversity Specimen - 4b428cb6-1033-4d38-bc45-045a9f752d28UTF-8Darwin Core Archivehttps://rwandabiodiversity.net/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=20CoEBNHROrchid Exsitu Collection B (JPL)https://rwandabiodiversity.net/content/collicon/coebnhr.jpghttps://rwandaherbarium.nethttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/University of RwandaThomasMichaelherbariumNHR@gmail.comCuratorUwaseSandrineData managerusandry8@gmail.comLebbelJean-PaulCollector  <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This living orchid collection is a unque biodiversity resource spanning more than 30 years of regional collecting (1991) and today includes of more than 75 specimens growing in Kigali. Through a collaborative project we have inventoried and <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">collected leaf samples for DNA barcoding. Our herbarium team (Pascal Sibomana and Sandrine Uwase, both Master’s candidates at the University of Rwanda) and Dr. Michael Thomas traveled to The African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB) - a division of the department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology within the Faculty of Science at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa for DNA barcoding training and to initiate the DNA analysis. Specimens have been sequenced and data is unergoing analaysis.