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The Micro-Herbaria are desktop-produced books and now being developed as inexpensive CDs. They are most uesful to botanists and others who are accostomed to comparing pressed and dried specimens. Each book is a compilation of scanned or photocopied herbarium specimens of plants for a specific area. These are reduced and printed to US letter size (8.5 by 11 inch) and bound in stiff plastic or heavy paper covers, or printed to a CD. Until recently, all our micro-herbaria were made using a commercial photocopier with microfine toner (Minolta EP-415), and with the voltage internally adjusted to give low-contrast and high-resolution images. Copies reduced by 66% were obtained directly from the herbarium specimens. We are now able to store digital images of the specimens in computer memory using a large flat-bed scanner (UMAX 2100 XL). After manipulating the images to lighten dark areas, we print high-resolution color reductions (Xerox Phaser 790) which are then bound, or we print to a CD. The following list is of currently available micro-herbaria and are mostly those created with the photocopier. Many others, not listed and now out of print, will become available as the specimens are scanned and printed on demand. To order or for more information, please contact rrc@fieldmuseum.org.
Country Abbreviated Title Authors Pages $US GUATEMALA Arboles más comunes, TIKAL, Petén Aguilar 100 10 MEXICO HELECHOS de la Peninsula de YUCATAN Palacios-Rios 100 10 NICARAGUA Common TREES, ATLANTIC COAST Garth 100 10 BRASIL Guía ETNOBOTANICA Benjamin Constant, Pará (color) Rios 150 25 BRASIL A familia MYRTACEAE no Sudeste Mata Atlântica (color) Kawasaki 150 25 COSTA RICA Plantas leñosas, LA SUERTE Biological Station, Limón Foster, et al 150 15 BOLIVIA Arboles y Arbustos de CHUQUISACA Serrano 300 30 MEXICO Plantas TREPADORAS, Bahia de CHAMELA, Jalisco Burnham, Lott 300 30 PANAMA BEJUCOS Y EPIFITAS, Altos de CAMPANA Correa 300 30 PANAMA HIERBAS, Altos de CAMPANA Correa 300 30 COLOMBIA Plantas leñosas, CASANARE, Orinoquia Alvira, Viña 400 40 MEXICO Plantas del CERRO PATAMBAN, Michoacán Torres 400 40 PERU MORACEAE del Perú G. Nuñez & R. Foster 400 40 PERU TREPADORAS de ALLPAHUAYO/MISHANA, Loreto Vásquez, Rojas 400 40 PERU Plantas de la cuenca del RIO CAÑETE, Lima Beltran 400 40 MEXICO Arboles y Arbustos, Región TIERRA CALIENTE, Michoacán Aguirre 450 45 PERU Plantas de MOQUEGUA Arakaki 450 45 PANAMA ARBOLES Y ARBUSTOS, Altos de CAMPANA (2 vols.) Correa 600 60 MEXICO Flora del RIO CHIQUITO, Morelia, Michoacán (4 vols.) Medina 1100 110
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