voucher specimen
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voucher
noun[C]
uk/ˈvaʊ.tʃər/us/ˈvaʊ.tʃɚ/
a piece of paper that can be used to pay for particular goods or services or that allows you to pay less than the usual price ...
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specimen
noun[C]
uk/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/us/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/
something shown or examined as an example; a ...
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Avoucherspecimenof the fruits and vegetative material were also obtained.
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The reliability of a book such as this depends very much on authoritative identification and deposition of voucher specimens.
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The deposition of voucher specimens should be considered where appropriate.
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Insect visitors prior to treatment contaminated two of the inflorescences and another was used exclusively for voucher specimens of flower parts and visitors.
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Attention to the past in a review such as this is of course paramount but, just as important are voucher specimens for the future.
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Voucher specimens were collected for all plant species for further identification.
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Plant identification was conducted in the field at the level of morphospecies and voucher specimens were collected for all taxa.
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Voucher specimens were collected of all individuals not referable to a previous collection during the same field inventory trip.
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Voucher specimens were collected from most of the marked trees.
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Gross biomass was calculated from the average mass of individuals kept as voucher specimens multiplied by the total number of individuals captured for each species.
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Each documented existing mammalian and ectoparasite diversity, with voucher specimens, to permit systematic analyses of both hosts and arthropods and studies of their host- parasite associations.
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The database contains linkages to voucher specimens, information on species distributions, nomenclature, authoritative taxonomic information, collateral natural history information and literature citations.
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The abundance of this species is largely unknown, but the lack of voucher specimens seems to indicate that it is extremely rare.
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Voucher specimens are often sterile and fragmentary, making them nearly impossible to identify.
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However, the stated maximum sizes have been called into question due to a lack of voucher specimens.
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Since voucher specimens for the book are also not known to exist, the correct identity of many of the plants described was unclear and not verifiable to original specimens.
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Almost all specimens in excess of 6m ft, including a much publicized specimen of 11.36m ft in length, have no voucher specimens, including skins or bones.
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