One of the deliverables of the UK/UWI Darwin-funded project to ‘Develop a Biodiversity Monitoring System for Trinidad and Tobago’ was to create a database of the plant specimens kept at National Herbarium of Trinidad & Tobago (TRIN) using the Botanical Research and Herbarium Management System (BRAHMS) software. This software was developed by Mr. Denis Filer at University of Oxford, UK. Using this software the herbarium collection was digitized and the herbarium labels databased to develop a Virtual Field Herbarium. This was created so that persons can access information about the specimens kept at TRIN. This virtual herbarium is currently being managed by the University of Oxford and can be accessed via the Herbarium’s website at: sta.uwi.edu/herbarium/.
The current estimated specimen holding from Trinidad and Tobago in the BRAHMS database is approximately 60,000.
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