Resources of Australian Herbaria

Compiled by K.J.Cowley & J.G.West on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH)

HERBARIUM CODE:

PERTH

CITES number:

AU014

HERBARIUM NAME:

Western Australian Herbarium.

DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION:

Environment and Conservation

CONTACT DETAILS

City:

Perth

State:

Western Australia.

Postcode:

6983

Telephone:

(08) 9334 0500

Facsimile:

(08) 9334 0515

Email:

herbarium@dec.wa.gov.au

Location:

George Street & Hayman Road, Kensington (6km from Perth city centre).

AUTHORITY/STATUS:

ACCESS:

Research Botanists only (Public access only to Reference Herbarium with 11,000 taxa represented).

ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION:

-

FOUNDATION:

1929

FUNCTIONS:

Taxonomic Research, Biological Inventory and Conservation.

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE:

Western Australia.

TAXONOMIC SCOPE:

Vascular flora, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lichens and myxomycetes.

NUMBER OF SPECIMENS:

Total

Types

Angiosperms

Dicots

Monocots

Gymnosperms

Pteridophytes

Mosses

Liverworts

Lichens

Fungi

Algae

Fossils

Wood Samples

Accessioned

Unaccessioned

Database Name:

WAHERB

Database Description:

The Western Australian Herbarium Specimen database (WAHERB) is implemented in a TEXPRESS database system (KE Software) and hosted on a Solaris server.

Number of Specimen Records:

645,082

Access:

Restricted to bona fide researchers; available by registration in FloraBase.

Email and Internet:

herbarium@dec.wa.gov.au
http://science.calm.wa.gov.au/herbarium/

Status:

Active - commenced in 1985, backlog completed 1994, maintained daily, an average of 20000 specimens added per annum.

Database Name:

WACENSUS (Commenced 1990)

Database Description:

The Census of Western Australian Plants database (WACENSUS) is implemented in an ORACLE database environment.

Number of Specimen Records:

20,000

Access:

Generally available via FloraBase, or as a master list within the MAX electronic collecting book

Email and Internet:

herbarium@dec.wa.gov.au
http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/

Significant Historical Collections:

C.R.P. Andrews, W.E. Blackall, W.V. Fitzgerald, C.A.Gardner, , E. Pritzel

Significant Special Collections:

B.T.Goadby, A. Morrison, R.D. Royce, A.S. George.

Ancillary Collections:

Spirit Collection, Carpological Collection, Algae of CSIRO, MURU, UWA; Fungi of the Perth Urban Bushland, Reference Herbarium, 60 Regional Herbaria.

Photographic Collections:

Assorted Western Australian taxa, digitally stored - low-resolution versions accessible through FloraBase.

Botanical Library:

No. journal titles: 395 (195 current)
No. monographs: 8674
No. microfiche: 442
Maps: 1085

Director / Curator::

Kevin Thiele

Collections Manager:

Karina Knight

Chief Botanist:

-

Taxonomists:

Neale Bougher (macrofungi);
Ryonen Butcher (Synaphea, Tetratheca)
Alex R. Chapman (Ericaceae, Epacridaceae, Leucopogon, bioinformatics, editor of Nuytsia;
Ray J. Cranfield (Epacridaceae;Brachyloma, Conostephium; cryptogams, esp. lichens);
Nicholas S. Lander (Asteraceae, Malvaceae, IT research and development);
Terry D. Macfarlane (Colchicaceae, Dasypogonaceae, Haemodoraceae, Papilionaceae, Poaceae, taxonomic databases and information systems);
Bruce R. Maslin (Taxonomy and utilization ofAcacia, Mimosaceae, information systems);
Barbara L. Rye (Myrtaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Rhamnaceae, Lamiaceae, various conservation taxa);
Kelly Shepherd (Chenopodiaceae)
Kevin Thiele (Banksia/Dryandra, Rhamnaceae, Viola, bioinformatics)
Malcolm E. Trudgen (Myrtaceae, Baeckea);
Juliet Wege (Stylidium)

Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists:

Margaret Byrne (Molecular genetics and systematics)
Dave Coates (Flora recovery and conservation, Stylidium)
Colin Yates, Conservation ecology)

Technical Officers:

Phil Spencer, Cheryl Parker, Kaye Veryard, Meriel Falconer, Rob Davis, Mike Hislop, Skye Arkeveld.

IT Staff (research & development):

Ben Richardson, Amanda Spooner.

Database Manager:

Sue Carroll.

Volunteers:

64

Associates:

Andrew Brown (Orchidaceae, Eremophila), Daphne C. Edinger (Kimberley flora), Elizabeth A. George (Verticordia), Malcolm E. French (Eucalyptus), Roger Hearn (bryophytes), Alex Williams (Poaceae); Paul G. Wilson (Rutaceae, Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae)

Taxonomic:

Eleanor Bennett (Sterculiaceae, Proteaceae), Bevan Buirchell (Eremophila), Allan Burbidge (Stylidium), Alex S. George (Proteaceae, Myrtaceae, various other taxa), Neil Gibson (Remnant bushland), Steve Hopper (Eucalyptus, Orchidaceae, Haemodoracae), Roberta Cowan (algae), Greg Keighery (Western Australian naturalised taxa, various other taxa), Kevin F. Kenneally (Stylidium), Kristina Lemson (Andersonia, Sphenotoma), Allen Lowrie (Drosera, Stylidium), Neville Marchant (Drosera), Richard Robinson (larger fungi pathogenic and wood decay fungi), Carolyn F. Wilkins (Sterculiaceae), Una Bell (Poaceae)

Non-Taxonomic:

Anne Cochrane (Threatened Flora Seed Centre)
Andrew Crawford (Threatened Flora Seed Centre)

Relating to the Collection:

Nuytsia - http://science.calm.wa.gov.au/nuytsia

Relating to the Herbarium:

The Western Australian Herbarium - http://science.calm.wa.gov.au/herbarium

Relating to the Flora:

Flora of the Perth Region; Flora of the Kimberley Region; Flora of the South West, The Western Australian Flora - a descriptive catalogue

Notes:

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