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Collector Number (Collection)

Definition:

Observations:

1. You can find the reference to this number in the field notes or preliminary reports.
2. N.B.: Do not confuse this field with the Previous Number field, which contains a former accession number or an expired cataloguing number.
3. This field is used in conjunction with the Collector field.
   Example

   A stiff club-moss plant harvested on July 9, 1981 by Jerczy Tilovski

   	Discipline	botany
   	Genus	Lycopodium
   	Species	annotinum
   	Collecting Method	harvested
   	Collector	Tilovski, Jerczy
   	Collector Number	JT17
   	Date Collected	1981-07-09

Entry rules:

1. Enter the number or code assigned to the specimen by the person who collected it.
   Example

   A quartz specimen, rock crystal variety, found by Hernando Falates on November 20, 1987

   	Discipline	mineralogy
   	Species	quartz
   	Variety	rock crystal
   	Collecting Method	found
   	Collector	Falates, Hernando
   	Collector Number	F86-1830
   	Date Collected	1987-11-20

2. This field may not contain more than one entry.