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Collection Profile for:
College of African Wildlife Mweka Herbarium (MNRT-CAWM)

There are currently 6020 specimens annotated, imaged and databased was achieved by digitizing a total of 6020 herbarium specimens comprising of 1746 species belonging to 646 genera and 158 families. The commonest genus was Cyperus (3.9%; n=232), and the family was Poaceae (n=1302). Further result showed that 92% of specimens were collected from Tanzania and the remaining 8% from Kenya since 1960 to early 2000 with the peak collection recorded in 1968. 

Digitization Project
Cite this collection:
College of African Wildlife Mweka Herbarium. Occurrence dataset (ID: recordID) accessed via the East Africa Herbaria Portal Portal, eastafricaherbaria.net, 2026-07-28).

Collection Statistics

  • 1 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 1 (100%) with media (1 total media)
  • 1 families

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 742634e2-a8fe-4f73-980e-7bba15a10e74
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder: College of African Wildlife
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