IBdata
IBdata is a web site that allows you to view the records of the National Collections sheltered by the Institute of Biology of the UNAM. Currently access is provided to the collection of the National Herbarium of Mexico (MEXU) with about 1.3 million of specimens, of which more than one million are specimens collected in Mexico. In the coming months, access will be given to the records of the other collections.
Last system update: 31/08/2018
Last database update: 31/08/2018
Responsive design
The website can be adapted to the different types of devices: cellular, tablets, laptops, desktop computers.
Operating Systems
It is compatible with the most used operating systems: Windows, Mac OS and Linux Kernel. / Android, iOS and Windows Phone.
Web browsers
It is compatible with the most used internet browsers: Internet Explorer (9 or more), Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, etc.
Navigation level 1
All the functionalities are in the same page, therefore it is not necessary to load more pages to be able to navigate.
100% Web
It is not required to install components in the computer since it is 100% web development.
Export of data
Export of data in PDF and Excel format (XLS, XLSX and CSV).
User login
It has the ability for the user to register to grant different access permissions and customize some aspects of the interface.
Multilanguage
The system is translated 100% in the different available languages: Spanish / English / Italian. It also incorporates the ability to add more languages.
Multi-collection
Stores data from more than one collection.
MEXU
The National Herbarium of Mexico (MEXU) holds the most important collection of Mexican plants. With more than 1,300,000 copies it is the largest herbarium in the country and Latin America; It is among one of the ten most active herbariums in the world.
This collection is an achievement of numerous generations of national and foreign botanists and explorers. Its history goes back to the end of the 19th century when the National Medical Institute emerged in 1888, as the official institution responsible for integrating knowledge about natural resources
UNIBIO
The UNIBIO is the Informatics Unit for Biodiversity of the Institute of Biology and as such is responsible for systematizing and publishing on the Internet the information on biodiversity that is kept in the different biological collections from the Institute of Biology of the UNAM, besides developing systems to access and analyze it.
The mission of the UNIBIO is to create and maintain an electronic information system that automates and manages the data stored in the biological collections of the Institute of Biology, to later contribute to its analysis, creating systems of interpretation and exploitation of data based on geographic information and specialized software.