Resources of Australian HerbariaCompiled by K.J.Cowley & J.G.West on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) |
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Updated February 2011
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HERBARIUM CODE: |
AD |
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CITES number: |
AU034 (prior to 11 Jan, 2002 CITES number was AU015) |
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HERBARIUM NAME: |
State Herbarium of South Australia |
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DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION: |
1. Science Resource Centre, Client Services, Department of Environment & Natural Resources, South Australian Government |
| CONTACT DETAILS | Graham Bell, Acting Chief Botanist , State Herbarium |
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Street Address: |
Hackney Road, |
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Postal Address: |
PO Box 2732 |
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City: |
Adelaide |
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State: |
South Australia |
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Postcode: |
5071 |
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Telephone: |
08 - 8222 9311 |
Facsimile: |
08 - 8222 9457 |
| Website: | http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/Knowledge_Bank/Science_and_research/State_Herbarium |
Email: |
firstname.lastname@sa.gov.au OR stateherbsa@sa.gov.au |
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Location: |
In the Plant Biodiversity Centre building (the old Tram Barn A), Adelaide Botanic Garden |
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AUTHORITY/STATUS: |
State Government |
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ACCESS: |
9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday |
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ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION: |
Botanic Gardens of Adelaide , Adelaide |
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FOUNDATION: |
1954, but incorporating earlier herbaria particularly those established in the Adelaide Botanic Garden, the Botany Dept of the University of Adelaide, (including the extensive J.M. Black Herbarium), and South Australian Museum and more recently the Waite Agricultural Research Institute. |
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FUNCTIONS: |
Principal knowledge and information resource on South Australia's native and naturalised plant, macroalgal and macrofungal biodiversity. A key centre in the network of Australian biological collection and research institutes further developing the taxonomic and spatial inventory of Australian biological diversity. Centre for systematics research in plants, macroalgae and macrofungi in groups (principally Australian) of specialist expertise. Centre for deposition of vouchers of plants, macroalgae and macrofungi for biological and ecological studies. |
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GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE: |
Worldwide but with primary emphasis on South Australia in an Australian context; collections from South Australia account for at least 50% of the holdings . |
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TAXONOMIC SCOPE: |
Collections cover all the Macrophytic groups; plants, macroalgae and macrofungi. |
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NUMBER OF SPECIMENS: |
Total |
Types |
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Angiosperms |
815,000 |
2,500 |
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Dicots |
625,000 |
1,000 |
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Monocots |
145,000 |
250 |
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Gymnosperms |
4,000 |
10 |
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Pteridophytes |
15,000 |
20 |
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Mosses |
25,000 |
20 |
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Liverworts |
10,000 |
10 |
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Lichens |
14,000 |
50 |
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Fungi |
27,000 |
800 |
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Algae |
90,000 |
600 |
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Fossils |
~200 |
<10 |
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Wood Samples |
- |
- |
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Accessioned |
N/A} |
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Unaccessioned |
Approximately 100,000 are not incorporated in the main collection, but at some stage in the accession process |
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Status: |
On going |
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Database Name: |
ADHERB (specimens), CENSAP (census), Electronic Flora of South Australia (fact sheets) |
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Database Description: |
TEXPRESS |
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Number of Specimen Records: |
700,000 |
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Access: |
www.flora.sa.gov.au (Electronic Flora of South Australia; Australia's Virtual Herbarium ); large data dumps by request |
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Email and Internet: |
firstname.lastname@sa.gov.au |
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Significant Historical Collections: |
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Significant Special Collections: |
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Ancillary Collections: |
Approximately 5,000 collections in ethanol - especially strong in Orchidaceae |
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Photographic Collections: |
- |
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Botanical Library: |
Staff reference library (shared with Botanic Gardens of Adelaide). Limited public access. |
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Director: |
Ms Sandy Carruthers |
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Head of Science |
Professor Andrew Lowe, |
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Manager: |
Peter Canty, Manager State Herbarium, Science Resource Centre |
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Chief Botanist: |
Vacant |
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| Collection Manager : | Helen Vonow | ||
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Taxonomists: |
Robyn Barker (Acanthaceae, Hakea, Sida, Abutilon, Zygophyllaceae; Census of South Australian Plants, Algae and Fungi) |
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Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists: |
Hugh Cross, Molecular Botanist |
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Technical Officers: |
Dean Cunningham |
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Volunteers: |
c. 20 |
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Associates: |
Bob Baldock (macro-algae), Bill Barker (Scrophulariaceae, Stackhousiaceae, Hakea, Josephinia, Lawrencia glomerata ), Robyn Barker (Acanthaceae, Hakea, Sida, Abutilon, Zygophyllaceae), Pam Catcheside (macrofungi), Bob Chinnock (Myoporaceae, pteridophytes, Cactaceae), John Jessop (Gramineae), Munir Ahmad Abid (Chloanthaceae, Verbenaceae), David Symon (Solanaceae, Rosaceae), Hellmut Toelken ( Kunzea , Hibbertia , Australian Crassulaceae) |
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Taxonomic: |
See above Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity (ACEBB) Director: Professor Andrew Lowe, Professor of Plant Conservation Biology, The University of Adelaide andrew.lowe@ adelaide.edu.au |
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Non-Taxonomic: |
The Biological Survey of South Australia Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) Department of Environment & Natural Resources; Board of Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium (Germplasm Coordinator: Dr Phillip Ainsley) |
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Relating to the Collection: |
Flora of South Australia Census of South Australian Plants, Algae and Fungi http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/census.shtml |
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Relating to the Herbarium: |
Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden |
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Notes: |
JABG available as exchange for journals of relevance to the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium |