Sultan Qaboos University
Life Science Unit, Herbarium
PLANT IDENTIFICATION SERVICE FORM
Consultancy Fees: –Free for SQU students (per 5 specimens, wait 1-2 weeks for the identification)
□ Collection trip fee OMR 100 (per day)
□ Identification fee OMR 20 (per 10 specimens, one week)
Applicant Information:
Title:……Name:………………………………………………… Date:…………………………………………………………………
Address:…………………………………………………………………………………….………..……………………………………
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Phone:…………………………………Email:………………………………………..Signature:……………………………………….
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Specimen Information: (Each specimen must be placed in a protective sheet (e.g. newspaper), pressed, dried and numbered (e.g. 1,2,3….etc.)
No. of specimens:………………Date collected:…………………………..Collector(s)Name:………………………………………….
Governorate:…………………………Locality/localities:………………..………………………………………………………………
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GPS coordinates:………………………......................................................................................................................................................
If purpose of identification is scientific research, give title please:………………………………………………………………………
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Plant Source:
□Wild Native
□Cultivated Native
□Cultivated/Exotic
□Weed
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Habit & Habitat notes: Please attach a table in a separate page(s), and add as much information as possible (including images) to help identify your plant
-Sterile specimens (i.e. with no flowers or fruits) are rarely identified below family or genus level.
- Here are four examples of specimen information. This information is essential for identification of specimen and for archive in the herbarium collection.
Plant
Plant Habit
Plant Habitat
#
Growth form
Size
Flower color
Fruit
Habitat
Altitude
Vegetation
Soil
Plant
(m)
characters
type
(m)
type
type
abundance in
area
of
collection
1
Tree (i.e woody, 1-stem, ˃3m 6-7m
Yellow
Not fruiting
Mountain 2350m
Mainly big Rocky
(Plant to be
tall
trees
+gravel identified), not
common
≤5 individuals
2
Shrub (i.e woody, Multi-stems, ~2.5m
Purple/white
Spiny, hairy
Sand
~500m
Sparse with sand
20 individuals,
1-3m tall
dunes
few trees
common
3
Herb (i.e green, delicate, 1 or 0.5m
No flowers
Long/narrow,
Wadi
260m
Mainly
Big
Approx. 50% of
multi-stems, ≤1m tall, one main
sticky
shrubs with stones+ all plants in
root
few trees
gravel
area,
very
common
4
Grass
(i.e
clump/cluster, 0.3m
Cream/yellow Coastal
5-10m
Small non- Gravel
About
70%,
delicate, ≤1m, many roots
area
woody
& sand
abundant
plants
Is there any specific information you wish to know about your plant other than identification? (extra charges depending on the data requested)
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Do you want your specimen(s) kept at SQU Herbarium for scientific reference?
□ Yes
□ No
For Official Use Only
Batch No.:…………………………….
Plant material to:
□ Keep
Signature:…………………………………………
Date received:………………………………
□ Return
Date of finalized list of species:……………………………
Please Fill in the information for your specimens according to this table (make extra copies of the table if required).
Plant
#
Growth form
Plant growth habit
Size
Flower color
(m)
Fruit
characters
Habitat
type
Altitude
(m)
Plant habitat
Vegetation
Soil
type
type
Plant
abundance in
area of
collection