Research / Biodiversity databases

Biodiversity databases

Prince of Songkla University links the museum collections, the herbarium and surveys carried out under RSPG into a network of checked records, used to follow change, plan conservation and guide the use of land

48taxonomy specialists check the records
1,390records checked since 2024
18,000+records from local authorities, schools, universities and communities

Choose a database

01

Museum specimen database

About 10,830 specimens of living things and fossils, some 1,400 species
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02

RSPG resource survey centre, Prince of Songkla University Link to follow

Records from the university grounds and research sites, checked by specialists
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03

RSPG Southern Regional Coordinating Centre Link to follow

Regional records from the local network
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04

PSU Herbarium and the medicinal-plant database Link to follow

Plant specimens linked to conservation and teaching
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A specimen drawer in a museum cabinet
What the records are for

From records to conservation

Follow change in biodiversity, identify important areas for conservation, restore ecosystems, and provide scientific evidence for land-use planning

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Image credit: specimen drawer, “JJ Joicey cabinet, Haslemere Educational Museum drawer no 14”, CC BY-SA 4.0