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"In 1770, after Captain Cook’s Endeavour struck the Great Barrier Reef and was
held up for repairs, botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected
hundreds of plants.
One of those pressed plants is among 170,000 specimens in the herbarium at the
University of Melbourne.
Worldwide, more than 395 million specimens are housed in herbaria. Together
they comprise an unparalleled record of Earth’s plant and fungal life over
time.
We wanted to find a better, faster way to tap into this wealth of information.
Our new research describes the development and testing of a new AI-driven tool
Hespi (short for “herbarium specimen sheet pipeline”). It has the potential to
revolutionise access to biodiversity data and open up new avenues for
research."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
