Last Revision: 1 September 1991; J.H. Beach, beach@huh.harvard.edu
Abbreviations for encoding levels I and II: R = Required, RA = Required if Applicable/Available, O = Optional, RS = Required by system
| Field ID | Entity Name | Mnemonic | I | II |
| 0xx | Specimen Management | |||
| 001 | Unique Object Identifier | UNQID | R | R |
| 002 | Accession Number Identifier | ACCSID | RA | RA |
| 003 | Bar Code Identifier | BARCID | RA | RA |
| 004 | Identifier Code for Herbarium which owns object | OHRBCD | R | R |
| 005 | Collection/Herbarium owning object (N.B. Object refers to the actual item being catalogued which could be an image of a specimen.) | OHRBNA | RA | RA |
| 006 | Name of Department owning object | ODEPT | O | O |
| 007 | Name of Institution owning object | OINST | O | O |
| 008 | Identifier Code for Herbarium which owns specimen | SHRBCD | RA | RA |
| 009 | Name of Collection or Herbarium | SHRBNA | O | O |
| 010 | Name of Department owning specimen | SDEPT | O | O |
| 011 | Name of Institution owning specimen | SINST | O | O |
| 012 | Image Identifier (negative, fiche photo, binary file name, illustration number, etc.) | IMGID | RA | RA |
| 013 | OCLC code for Collection | OCLC | RA | RA |
| 014 | Number of Parts in Collection | COLPAR | O | RA |
| 015 | Number of Individuals on or in Specimen | NUMIND | O | RA |
| 016 | Number of Replicate Specimens | REPLIC | O | O |
| 017 | Replicates Destination | REPDEST | O | O |
| 018 | Type of Image (film, resolution medium, laserdisk, bit-mapped file, line drawing) | IMAGTY | RA | RA |
| 019 | Type of Specimen | PECTYP | R | R |
| 020 | Accession Status of Specimen | ACCSTAT | O | O |
| 021 | Loan Identifier | LOANID | O | O |
| 022 | Loan Sequence Number | LOANSEQ | O | O |
| 023 | Loan Destination | LOANDES | O | O |
| 024 | Loan Date | LOANDAT | O | O |
| 025 | Loan Return Date | LOANRET | O | O |
| 026 | Source of Object | SOURCE | O | O |
| 027 | Related Specimens | RELSPEC | O | RA |
| 028 | Location of Specimen | SPECLOC | O | RA |
| 029 | Voucher Citation | VOCHCIT | O | RA |
| 030 | Inventory Number (living collection) | INVENNUM | O | RA |
| 031 | General Specimen Management Note | MANNOTE | O | O |
| 1xx | Taxonomic Identification | |||
| 101 | Full Name | FNAME | RA | RA |
| 102 | Supra Family Group | SUPGRP | R | R |
| 103 | Family | FAMILY | O | O |
| 104 | Familiy Code | FAMCODE | O | O |
| 105 | Genus | GENUS | O | RA |
| 106 | Generic Author | GENAU | O | RA |
| 107 | Generic Taxon Note | GENNOTE | O | O |
| 108 | Intergeneric Hybrid Indicator | INTERGEN | O | RA |
| 109 | Specific Epithet | SPEPITH | O | RA |
| 110 | Specific Author | SPECAU | O | RA |
| 111 | Specific Taxon Note | SPNOTE | O | O |
| 112 | Aggregate Species Indicator | AGGSP | O | RA |
| 113 | Interspecific Hybrid Indicator | INTERSP | O | RA |
| 114 | Subspecies Epithet | SUBSPEP | O | RA |
| 115 | Subspecies Authority | SUBSPAU | O | RA |
| 116 | Variety Epithet | VAREPITH | O | RA |
| 117 | Variety Author | VARAU | O | RA |
| 118 | Forma | FORM | O | RA |
| 119 | Forma Author | FORMAU | O | RA |
| 120 | Infraspecific Taxon Note | INFRAN | O | O |
| 121 | Cultivar Indicator | CULTIV | O | RA |
| 122 | Cultivar Name | CULTNAM | O | RA |
| 123 | Identifier's Name | IDNAM | RA | RA |
| 124 | Identification Date | IDDAT | RA | RA |
| 125 | Identification Note | IDNOTE | O | O |
| 126 | Type Status | TYPESTAT | RA | RA |
| 127 | Type Status Note *** | TYSTATN | O | O |
| 128 | Type Verification Note | TYPEVER | RA | RA |
| 129 | Basionym Full Name | BASINAM | O | RA |
| 130 | Basionym Genus | BASIGEN | O | RA |
| 131 | Basionym Epithet | BASIEPI | O | RA |
| 132 | Basionym Rank | BASIRANK | O | RA |
| 133 | Basionym Author | BASIAU | O | RA |
| 134 | Basionym Citation Source | BASCITSO | O | RA |
| 135 | Basionym Citation Date | BASCITDA | O | RA |
| 136 | Basionym Citation Collation | BASCITCO | O | RA |
| 137 | Lectotype Author | LECTAU | O | RA |
| 138 | Lectotype Citation Source | LCTCITSO | O | RA |
| 139 | Lectotype Citation Date | LCTCITDA | O | RA |
| 140 | Lectotype Citation Collation | LCTCITCO | O | RA |
| 141 | Name specimen is field under | FILNAM | RA | RA |
| 2xx | Specimen Source | |||
| 201 | Collecting Team | COLTEAM | RA | RA |
| 202 | Primary Collector Surname | PRMSUR | RA | RA |
| 203 | Primary Collector Given Name & Init. | PRMINIT | RA | RA |
| 204 | Other Collectors | OTHERCOL | RA | RA |
| 205 | Collection Number Prefix | CNUMPRE | RA | RA |
| 206 | Collection Number | CNUM | RA | RA |
| 207 | Collection Number Suffix | CNUMSUF | RA | RA |
| 208 | Collection Date | CODATE | RA | RA |
| 209 | Collection Date Day | CDAY | RA | O |
| 210 | Collection Date Month | CMON | RA | O |
| 211 | Collection Date Year | CYR | RA | O |
| 212 | Additional Collection Date | CDATE2 | O | RA |
| 213 | Collection Date Note | CDATENO | O | O |
| 214 | Source Note | SRCNOT | O | O |
| 215 | Title on Label | TITLAB | O | O |
| 216 | Project Name | PROJNAM | O | O |
| 217 | Expedition Name | EXPEDNAM | O | O |
| 218 | Sponsor Name | SPONSOR | O | O |
| 219 | Source of Image | IMAGSRC | O | RA |
| 220 | Name of Person who Isolated Cultured Specimen | ISOLTR | RA | RA |
| 3xx | Provenance of Specimen | |||
| 301 | Full Locality as stated on label | FULLOC | RA | O |
| 302 | New World/Old World Indicator | NEWOLD | O | O |
| 303 | Continent (TDWG Standard) | CONTIN | O | O |
| 304 | ISO Country Code | ISOCNCO | O | O |
| 305 | ISO Country Name | ISOCN | RA | RA |
| 306 | Country on Label | LABLCN | RA | RA |
| 307 | Region (TDWG) | REGION | R | R |
| 308 | Botanical Country Name (TDWG) | BOTCNAM | R | R |
| 309 | Botanical Country Code | BOTCOCO | R | R |
| 310 | Basic Recording Unit Name | BRUNAM | R | R |
| 311 | Basic Recording Unit Code | BRUCO | R | R |
| 312 | Geator Political Unit (e.g. district) | GRPOLU | RA | RA |
| 313 | Lessor Political Unit (county, parish) | LSRPOLU | RA | RA |
| 314 | Locality Name (local Municipalities) | LOCNA | RA | RA |
| 315 | Locality Description ("3 km from ...") | LOCDE | O | O |
| 316 | Special Locality (e.g. parks, mtns.) | SPECLOC | O | O |
| 317 | Water Body | WATB | RA | RA |
| 318 | Project Locality Keywords | PRLCKW | O | O |
| 319 | Physiographic Province | PHYSPROV | O | O |
| 320 | Township | TWNSHP | RA | RA |
| 321 | Range | RANGE | RA | RA |
| 322 | Section | SEC | RA | RA |
| 323 | Map or Atlas Reference | MAPREF | O | O |
| 324 | Geographic Coordinate Grid System | GRIDSYS | RA | RA |
| 325 | Geographic Grid Zone | GRIDZON | RA | RA |
| 326 | X-coordinate | COORDX | RA | RA |
| 327 | Y-coordinate | COORDY | RA | RA |
| 328 | X-coordinate Accuracy | ACCOORX | O | RA |
| 329 | Y-coordinate Accuracy | COORY | O | RA |
| 330 | NW point X- coordinate | WCOORX | O | RA |
| 331 | NW point Y-coordinate | NWCOORY | O | RA |
| 332 | NE point X-coordinate | NECOORX | O | RA |
| 333 | NE point Y-coordinate | NECOORY | O | RA |
| 334 | SW point X-coordinate | SWCOORX | O | RA |
| 335 | SW point Y-coordinate | SWCOORY | O | RA |
| 336 | SE point X-coordinate | SECOORX | O | RA |
| 337 | SE point Y-coordinate | SECOORY | O | RA |
| 338 | Spheroid | SPHER | O | RA |
| 339 | Source of Grid Coordinates | GRIDSRC | O | RA |
| 340 | Longitude | LONG | RA | RA |
| 341 | Latitude | LAT | RA | RA |
| 342 | Latitude Accuracy | LATACC | O | RA |
| 343 | Longitude Accuracy | LONGACC | O | RA |
| 344 | Longitude NW point | LONGNW | O | RA |
| 345 | Latitude NW point | LATNW | O | RA |
| 346 | Longitude NE point | LONGNE | O | RA |
| 347 | Latitude NE point | LATNE | O | RA |
| 348 | Longitude SW point | LONGSW | O | RA |
| 349 | Latitude SW point | LATSW | O | RA |
| 350 | Longitude SE point | LONGSE | O | RA |
| 351 | Latitude SE point | LATSE | O | RA |
| 352 | Source of Latitude and Longitude | LALOGSRC | O | RA |
| 353 | Elevation | ELEV | RA | RA |
| 354 | Elevation Range Lower Boundary | ELEVL | RA | RA |
| 355 | Elevation Range Higher Boundary | ELEVH | RA | RA |
| 356 | Elevation Units of Measure | ELEVU | RA | RA |
| 357 | Source of Elevation | ELEVSRC | O | RA |
| 358 | Elevation Note | ELEVNO | O | O |
| 359 | Depth | DEPTH | O | RA |
| 360 | Minimum Depth | DEPMIN | O | RA |
| 361 | Maximum Depth | DEPMAX | O | RA |
| 362 | Depth Units of Measure | DEPTHU | RA | RA |
| 363 | Depth Note | DEPTHNO | O | O |
| 364 | General Provenance Note | PROVNO | O | O |
| 4xx | Ecological Information | |||
| 401 | Vegetation Type | VEG | O | RA |
| 402 | Plant Association Type | PLASSOC | O | RA |
| 403 | Habitat Type | HABITAT | O | RA |
| 404 | Frequency | FREQ | RA | RA |
| 405 | Native Status (IWGTDPS Standard) | NATSTAT | RA | RA |
| 406 | Introduced Status (") | INTRSTAT | RA | RA |
| 407 | Cultivated Status (") | CULTSTAT | RA | RA |
| 408 | Substrate (including geology) | SUBSTR | O | RA |
| 409 | Soil Type | SOIL | O | RA |
| 410 | General Ecological Note | ECONO | O | O |
| 5xx | Plant Description | |||
| 501 | Habit | HABIT | O | RA |
| 502 | Gender | GENDER | O | RA |
| 503 | Phenology/Reproductive State | PHEN | O | RA |
| 504 | Vernacular Name | VRNAC | O | RA |
| 505 | Language of Vernacular Name | VRNACNA | O | RA |
| 506 | Economic Uses | ECONUSE | O | RA |
| 507 | General Descriptive Note | DSCRPNO | O | O |
| 508 | Country of Vernacular Name | VRNACCO | O | RA |
| 6xx | Record Management | |||
| 601 | Record Created Date | CREATDT | RS | RS |
| 602 | Record Created By (Name) | CREATBY | RS | RS |
| 603 | Record Created By (Institution) | CREATIN | RS | RS |
| 604 | Record Updated Date | UPDTDT | RS | RS |
| 605 | Record Updated By (Name) | UPDTEBY | RS | RS |
| 606 | Record Updated By (Institution) | UPDTEIN | RS | RS |
| 607 | Cataloging Source (specimen, photo) | CATSRC | R | R |
| 608 | Cataloging Technique (OCR, original specimen, label image) | CATTEC | R | R |
| 609 | Language of Record | LANG | R | R |
| 610 | Level of Encoding (I, II) | ENCODLVL | R | R |
| 611 | Record Status (new, corrected annotated, revised) | RECSTAT | R | R |
| 612 | General Record Management Note | RECNOTE | O | O |