Resources of Australian Herbaria

HERBARIUM CODE:

JCT

CITES number:

AU039

HERBARIUM NAME:

James Cook University Herbarium

DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION:

School of Biological Sciences,
James Cook University

CONTACT DETAILS
Street Address:

School of Biological Sciences,
James Cook University

Postal Address:

James Cook University

City:

Townsville

State:

Queensland

Postcode:

4811

Telephone:

(07) 4781 4427

Facsimile:

(07) 4725 1570

Email:

betsy.jackes@jcu.edu.au

Location:

Townsville

AUTHORITY/STATUS:

University

ACCESS:

Normal

ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION:

-

FOUNDATION:

-

FUNCTIONS:

-

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE:

North Queensland chiefly

TAXONOMIC SCOPE:

All groups including fungi and algae

NUMBER OF SPECIMENS:

Total

Types

Angiosperms

12000

Some isotypes

Dicots

-

-

Monocots

-

-

Gymnosperms

80

-

Pteridophytes

1005

-

Mosses

c. 80

-

Liverworts

-

-

Lichens

-

-

Fungi

-

-

Algae

8300 – chiefly IR Price collection

-

Fossils

-

-

Wood Samples

-

-

Accessioned

-

-

Unaccessioned

-

-

Status:

commenced

Database Name:

-

Database Description:

-

Number of Specimen Records:

-

Access:

-

Email and Internet:

-

Significant Historical Collections:

-

Significant Special Collections:

I.R. Price (algae)

Ancillary Collections:

-

Photographic Collections:

-

Botanical Library:

-

Director / Curator

B.R. Jackes (A.Prof.)

Manager:

-

Chief Botanist:

-

Taxonomists:

P. Gadek; A. Cairns

Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists:

-

Technical Officers:

-

Volunteers:

-

Associates:

several, part-time

Taxonomic:

-

Non-Taxonomic:

-

Relating to the Collection:

-

Relating to the Herbarium:

-

Notes:

Basically a small reference and teaching herbarium, regionally focussed.