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Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections

By Robert Turnbull, Senior Research Data Specialist, The University of Melbourne
Joanne Birch, Senior Lecturer in the School of BioSciences, and Herbarium Curator, The University of Melbourne

Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.

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