Do not write directly on a specimen or its label. In exchange for sending their specimens, the Curator of the lending institution expects them to be annotated. Therefore, the reputation of GA suffers if we return unannotated loans, and our ability to obtain future loans may be hindered. All borrowed material should be annotated as fully as possible by the investigator. Do not write on the specimen sheet, specimen label, or someone else's annotation slip.
Type annotations require more information than other annotations.
Some institutions require special annotation slips or forms for their types. The author and title of the article may also be included. If the current name differs from the type name, type sheets should have a special annotation in addition to the annotation bearing the current name. Sampled for Molecular Study on the Melanthiaceae Leaf material removed for DNA extraction. Flora of North America Zigadenus glaberrimus Michx.