Resources of Australian Herbaria

HERBARIUM CODE:

BRI

CITES number:

AU017 (Prior to 11 Jan, 2002 CITES number was AU021)

HERBARIUM NAME:

Queensland Herbarium

DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION:

Queensland Environmental Protection Agency

CONTACT DETAILS
Street Address:

Queensland Herbarium
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha
Mt Coot-tha Road
Toowong 4066

Postal Address:

As above

City:

Brisbane

State:

Queensland

Postcode:

4066

Telephone:

(07) 3896 9325

Facsimile:

(07) 3896 9624

Email:

queensland.herbarium@epa.qld.gov.au

Location:

The Queensland Herbarium is located c. 6km W of the centre of Brisbane. The North Queensland collection at Mareeba is part of BRI, see MBA entry.

AUTHORITY/STATUS:

Queensland State Government

ACCESS:

By prior arrangement with the Director

ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION:

Nil

FOUNDATION:

1855 when W. Hill was appointed Colonial Botanist. The Herbarium’s specimen nucleus commenced in 1887 when F.M. Bailey was transferred from Queensland Museum with his private collection to the Dept of Agriculture as Colonial Botanist.

FUNCTIONS:

Centre for botanical research and Information on the Queensland flora, plant communities and ecology, part of the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency.

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE:

Mainly Queensland, New Guinea, other Australian States, SE Asia.

TAXONOMIC SCOPE:

Comprehensive for Queensland plant taxa.

NUMBER OF SPECIMENS:

Total

Types

Angiosperms

645,966

8,115

Dicots

497,579

5,854

Monocots

148,387

2,261

Gymnosperms

4,670

52

Pteridophytes

27,706

354

Mosses

9,400

95

Liverworts

1,800

17

Lichens

23,260

158

Fungi

8,600

49

Algae

17,070

59

Fossils

-

-

Wood Samples

3,035

-

Accessioned

720,576

8,899

Unaccessioned

c.25,000

8,700

Status:

Majority of collections databased.

Database Name:

HERBRECS

Database Description:

Oracle relational database including taxon names and specimen data.

Number of Specimen Records:

720,576

Access:

Visitors should contact the Director,
(07) 38969325. See our website for details

Email and Internet:

www.epa.qld.gov.au/herbarium

queensland.herbarium@epa.qld.gov.au

firstname.lastname@epa.qld.gov.au

Significant Historical Collections:

Duplicates from Banks and Solander collections in 1770, total c.100. Collections of F.M. Bailey, L.J. Brass and earlier explorers.

Significant Special Collections:

A.B. Cribb (algal collection)

S. F. Kajewski, A. B. Cribb, L. S. Smith, F. M. Bailey, J. G. Tracey, J. F. Bailey, L. J. Webb, L. J. Brass, S. L. Everist, C. T. White, S. T. Blake, J.F.Shirley, P.I.Forster, A.R.Bean, G.N.Bationoff, J.R.Clarkson

Ancillary Collections:

Carpological, spirit, wood.

Photographic Collections:

Prints, slides.

Botanical Library:

Not open to public. Access by arrangement with the Director.

Director/Chief Botanist:

Gordon Guymer

Curator:

-

Manager:

Ailsa Holland

Taxonomists:

A.R. Bean (Acanthaceae Amaranthaceae Apiaceae Araliaceae Epacridaceae Ericaceae Loranthaceae Melastomaceae Myrtaceae (Leptospermoideae) Rhamnaceae Rosaceae Solanaceae Stylidiaceae);

R. Booth (Centrolepidaceae Cyperaceae Juncaceae Restionaceae);

P.D. Bostock (Ferns);

N.Fechner (fungi, Brassicaceae, Scrophulariaceae);

P.I. Forster (Agavaceae Apocynaceae Araceae Arecaceae Asclepiadaceae Cactaceae Campanulaceae Commelinaceae Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Proteaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae Sapindaceae Violaceae Xanthorrhoeaceae Zingiberaceae);

G.P. Guymer (Bignoniaceae Gesneriaceae Malvaceae Myrtaceae (Myrtoideae) Simaroubaceae Sterculiaceae Winteraceae);

A.E. Holland (Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Goodeniaceae, Oxalidaceae, Papaveraceae );

L.W. Jessup (Anacardiaceae Cunoniaceae Dilleniaceae Lauraceae Meliaceae Monimiaceae Moraceae Sapotaceae ), ;

B.K. Simon (Poaceae),

Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists:

G.N. Batianoff (coastal vegetation, environmental weeds, serpentinite flora)

R.J. Fensham (grasslands, woodlands, GAB springs)

W.J.F. McDonald (rainforests, vine thickets, brigalow)

V.J. Neldner (Qld vegetation, regional ecosystems, Cape York flora)

B. Wilson (Vegetation mapping and survey)

Technical Officers:

A. Bolin, M.A. Louden, M.B. Thomas, G.P. Turpin, A.M. Wood, G. Wilson, C. Appelman, M.Hosking, R. Booth, R. Lovatt, M. Newton

IT Staff:

P.A. Robins, R. Niehus, J. Kelley, A. Accad, D. Richter, T. Honeman.

Volunteers:

20

Associates:

R.J.F. Henderson (Liliales),
R.W. Johnson (Convolvulaceae),
L. Pedley (Acacia, legumes),
P.R. Sharpe, John Hodgon (sedges),
R. Rogers (lichens)
H.T. Clifford (grasses),
J. Phillips, G. McGregor (algae)
T. Young (fungi),
D. Halford (Tiliaceae, Euphorbiaceae),
W. Harris (Orchidaceae, Oleaceae),
P. Cameron (cultivated plants),
M. Semple (western Qld plants),
A. Cairns, R. Patterson (bryophytes)
J. Morton (weeds)

Taxonomic:

-

Non-Taxonomic:

Vegetation survey and mapping of Queensland
Grassland ecology
Threatened plant species research and information
Plant biogeography
Woodland ecology
Weed ecology and information
Coastal ecology

Relating to the Collection:

Queensland Plants: names and distribution (2002)

Austrobaileya (journal published annually)

Relating to the Herbarium:

Queensland Herbarium Achievements (published annually)

Notes:

The Queensland Herbarium holds vegetation community data in digital and hard copy form for most of the State at 1:100 000 and 1: 250 000 scale in a geographic information system and regional ecosystem description database. These data are available from the herbarium databases VegMap and REDD on the web or on request to the Director.