National Herbarium of Victoria
Melbourne , Victoria , Australia | |
| Coordinates | 37°49′51″S 144°58′37″E / 37.8309°S 144.9770°E |
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The National Herbarium of Victoria (
The collection includes scientifically and historically significant collections gathered by
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. The present building was constructed in 1934 through a donation from philanthropist Sir Macpherson Robertson. It, along with a 1989 extension, houses the entire collection of 1.5 million plant and fungal specimens. The Herbarium's botanic library is an important source for the history of Australian botany, and has contributed some 124 volumes (of the 1212 volumes contributed by Australia Institutions) to the online digital Biodiversity Heritage Library.[6]
The herbarium is also a partner in the Australasian Virtual Herbarium project, thereby making all of its collection data available to anyone to use.[2] The herbarium also publishes an online key together with descriptions of plants found in Victoria via VicFlora.[7]
Collections
Over half of the existing collection was acquired by Mueller.[2] The herbarium includes the following collections:[2]
- Otto Sonder herbarium
- Fern collections
- Bryophyte collections
- Algae collections
- Lichen collections
- Fungi collections
- Botany of the Burke and Willsexpedition
See also
- Louisa Isabella Chaulk Baudinet, 1869, collected specimens; collection includes 97 specimens in MELISR database
- Amelia Bunbury, who collected specimens as Miss A. Pries or A.M. Pries.
- Muelleria (journal), a peer-reviewed botanical journal published by the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- National Herbarium of New South Wales
- List of Herbaria
- Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- Fungimap
- Past and present staff (not already mentioned)
References
- ^ "New York Botanical Garden-Steere Herbarium: Index herbariorem (MEL)". Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d "National Herbarium of Victoria". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ a b Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. State Botanical Collection at the National Herbarium Archived 25 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 20 August 2020)
- ^ Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). National Herbarium of Victoria Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: MEL Collections Summary (accessed 21 August 2020)
- ^ Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Darwin Collections (accessed 20 August 2020)
- ^ a b "Biodiversity Heritage Library: BHL Australia". Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "VicFlora Flora of Victoria". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
External links
Wikidata has the property:
VicFlora ID (P5945) (see uses)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Herbarium of Victoria.
Wikispecies has information related to National Herbarium of Victoria.
- Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
- VicFlora Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2018.