Data Use Agreement

Important

This license agreement applies to data distributed by the NMSU-herbaria via the Internet.

No Warranty

The New Mexico State University (NMSU) herbaria and the University provides these data "as is." The institution make no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the data. NMSU-Herbaria and the University further makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, without limitation, the condition or accuracy of the data. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Distributional, ecological, taxonomic and other such reports should not assume absolute accuracy of the information contained within these databases. Identifications should be verified by direct inspection of the specimens whenever possible. Please note that some taxa may be listed under old names and synonyms.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall NMSU-Herbaria and the University have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, or special damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of use of or reliance on the data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by NMSU-Herbaria and the University.

Protection of Proprietary

Reproduction or redistribution of digital data or products derived there from outside of licensee's organization or entity is expressly forbidden. None of the data obtained in digital form from the NMSU-Herbaria shall be electronically duplicated on magnetic or optical media for use by others, in whole or in part, without permission of the NMSU-Herbaria.

Credits

Permission is granted to persons affiliated with academic and non-profit organizations to use NMSU-Herbaria data obtained via the Internet for scientific and scholarly purposes only. Publications, reports, and other articles resulting from the information so received must acknowledge NMSU-Herbaria, NMC and NMCR as the source. If the data have been modified in any way, they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed on the hardcopy. Licensee specifically agrees not to misrepresent NMSU-Herbaria datasets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by NMSU-Herbaria.

The NMSU-Herbaria and the University appreciate citations and receiving reprints of articles resulting from the use of these materials.

Reference Format

Because on-line data sources are dynamic it is critical that references include the date of access. Please note that for each database of this web site there is indicated the most recent date of database modification. Data taken from this website should use the following reference format:

NMSU-Herbaria Website

New Mexico State University Herbaria (NMC and NMCR)
Biology Annex Bldg.
3080 Williams Avenue
P.O. Box 3AF
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-0003
U.S.A.
Phone: 575.646.3732 | 575.646.5322
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