Resources of Australian Herbaria

HERBARIUM CODE:

UWA

CITES number:

-

HERBARIUM NAME:

University of Western Australia Herbarium

DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION:

School of Plant Biology, Nedlands 6009

CONTACT DETAILS
Street Address:

Department of Botany, The University of Western Australia

Postal Address:

Department of Botany, The University of Western Australia

City:

Nedlands

State:

WA

Postcode:

6907

Telephone:

(08) 6488 1557

Facsimile:

(08) 6488 1001

Email:

cwil@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Location:

School of Plant Biology building MO 90

AUTHORITY/STATUS:

University

ACCESS:

to enrolled students or by appointment

ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION:

Taxonomic Garden

FOUNDATION:

-

FUNCTIONS:

Reference collection only

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE:

South West Botanical Province

TAXONOMIC SCOPE:

Algae and Embryophytes

NUMBER OF SPECIMENS:

Total

Types

Angiosperms

c. 10000

None

Dicots

Precise numbers not available

-

Monocots

-

-

Gymnosperms

-

-

Pteridophytes

-

-

Mosses

-

-

Liverworts

-

-

Lichens

-

-

Fungi

None - Hilton collection transferred to State Herbarium

-

Algae

Reference collection of WA species

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Fossils

-

-

Wood Samples

-

-

Accessioned

-

-

Unaccessioned

-

-

Status:

Not databased

Database Name:

-

Database Description:

-

Number of Specimen Records:

-

Access:

-

Email and Internet:

-

Significant Historical Collections:

-

Significant Special Collections:

-

Ancillary Collections:

-

Photographic Collections:

-

Botanical Library:

-

Director:

-

Curator:

-

Manager:

Jenny Chappill

Chief Botanist:

-

Taxonomists:

PhD students - Kristina Lemsom, Carol Wilkins, Juliet Wege, Ryonen Butcher; Honours student - Gemma Henderson

Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists:

PhD student - John Bussell

Technical Officers:

-

Volunteers:

-

Associates:

Lorraine Cobb

Taxonomic:

revisionary studies in Jacksonia, Gompholobium, Sphaerolobium, Andersonia, Cosmelia, Sprengelia, Sphenotoma, Sterculiaceae tribe Lasiopetalae, Stylidiaceae, Synaphea, Eutaxia

Non-Taxonomic:

-

Relating to the Collection:

-

Relating to the Herbarium:

-

Notes:

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