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        <givenName>Linda</givenName>
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        <city>Vancouver</city>
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        <country>CA</country>
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        <givenName>Paul</givenName>
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        <givenName>Jeannette</givenName>
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        <country>CA</country>
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      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sean</givenName>
        <surName>Graham</surName>
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      <organizationName>University of British Columbia Herbarium</organizationName>
      <positionName>Curator, Monocots and Basal Angiosperms</positionName>
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        <deliveryPoint>3529-6270 University Boulevard</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Vancouver</city>
        <administrativeArea>British Columbia</administrativeArea>
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        <country>CA</country>
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      <electronicMailAddress>sean.graham@ubc.ca</electronicMailAddress>
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      <individualName>
        <givenName>Quentin</givenName>
        <surName>Cronk</surName>
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      <organizationName>University of British Columbia Herbarium</organizationName>
      <positionName>Curator, Eudicots</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>2212 Main Mall</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Vancouver</city>
        <administrativeArea>British Columbia</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>V6T 1Z4</postalCode>
        <country>CA</country>
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      <para>This dataset includes all digitized vascular plants in the UBC collection, encompassing approximately 68% of the collection. The UBC Herbarium has one of the world's largest collections of British Columbia vascular plants and is worldwide in scope. At present, the collection includes more than 235,000 accessioned specimens.</para>
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      <keyword>Canadensys</keyword>
      <keyword>Canada</keyword>
      <keyword>British Columbia</keyword>
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      <para>To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <ulink url="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode"><citetitle>Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</citetitle></ulink>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.</para>
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