Herbarium
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A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
Herbarium book which dates from 1633. Made by the Flemish Bernardus Wynhouts.
Herbarium specimens ("exsiccata") of various Nepenthes at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France
Herbarium book with Japanese plants, Siebold collection Leiden, 1825
Preparing a plant for mounting
Type (biology)
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In biology, a type is a particular specimen of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the defining features of that particular taxon. In older usage, a type was a taxon rather than a specimen.
Type specimen for Marocaster coronatus
A gossamer-winged butterfly, Jamides elioti: 1) dorsal and 2) ventral aspect of holotype, 3) dorsal and 4) ventral aspect of paratype
Type illustration of Mormopterus acetabulosus
The common toad, Bufo bufo described by Linnaeus, is the type species for the genus Bufo