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 December 2013
HERBARIUM CODE: |
HO |
CITES number: |
AU028 (Prior to 11 Jan, 2002 CITES number was AU006) |
HERBARIUM NAME: |
Tasmanian Herbarium |
DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION: |
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, |
CONTACT DETAILS |
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Postal Address: |
PO Box 5058, UTAS LPO |
City: |
Sandy Bay |
State: |
Tasmania |
Postcode: |
7005 |
Telephone: |
(03) 6226 2635 |
Facsimile: |
(03) 6226 7865 |
Email: |
herbarium@tmag.tas.gov.au |
Location: |
Situated at the University of Tasmania (Sandy Bay campus) |
AUTHORITY/STATUS: |
State Government |
ACCESS: |
- |
ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION: |
- |
FOUNDATION: |
Founding collections date to 1830s |
FUNCTIONS: |
Development, maintenance, management and research on the botanical collections of Tasmania. |
GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE: |
Principally Tasmania, then Antarctica, subantarctic islands, Australia and other southern hemisphere floras. |
TAXONOMIC SCOPE: |
All groups including fungi and algae |
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NUMBER OF SPECIMENS: |
Total |
Types |
Angiosperms |
- |
- |
Dicots |
100,000 |
500 |
Monocots |
40,000 |
200 |
Gymnosperms |
1,500 |
10 |
Pteridophytes |
9,000 |
10 |
Mosses |
20,000 |
? |
Liverworts |
14,500 |
? |
Lichens |
47,500 |
? |
Fungi |
5,200 |
? |
Algae |
13,000 |
- |
Fossils |
- |
- |
Wood Samples |
- |
- |
Accessioned |
- |
- |
Unaccessioned |
3,500 |
- |
Status: |
Collection Database ongoing for vascular plants, lichens and bryophytes |
Database Name: |
File Maker Pro |
Database Description: |
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Number of Specimen Records: |
177,000 |
Access: |
Discretionary charges apply |
Email and Internet: |
Yes, email and some internet access. |
Significant Historical Collections: |
Rodway, Gunn, Bratt (lichens), Weymouth (bryophytes) |
Significant Special Collections: |
ADT herbarium (incorporated 2010) |
Ancillary Collections: |
- |
Photographic Collections: |
- |
Botanical Library: |
Extremely limited (most Aust. Botanical Journals) |
Head: |
G. Kantvilas (lichens) |
Curators: |
M. Duretto (vascular plants), M. Baker (exotics, weeds) and J. Jarman (external funds: bryophytes) |
Database Manager: |
L. Cave |
Chief Botanist: |
- |
Taxonomists: |
- |
Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists: |
- |
Technical Officers: |
D. Howe |
Administrative Officer: |
K. Hill |
Data-entry Staff: |
T. Newlands |
Volunteers: |
3 |
Associates: |
A. Gray, R. Seppelt, A. Buchanan |
Taxonomic: |
Classification and relationships of the Tasmanian flora, especially vascular species and lichens |
Non-Taxonomic: |
Bryophytes and lichens as monitors of forest ecology. Conservation status of the Tasmanian lichen flora. |
Relating to the Collection: |
A. Buchanan 1995: A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania; Y.S.Chang & G. Kantvilas 1993: A Catalogue of Leonard Rodway’s Collection of Fungi. G. Kantvilas 1994: A revised checklist of Tasmanian Lichens. |
Relating to the Herbarium: |
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Notes: |
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