Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria

Resources of Australian Herbaria

K.J. Cowley and J.G. West (compilers)
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research

On behalf of
The Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH)

Printed Publication date: 1999*

( *Entries for most herbaria updated on web as indicated)

Table of Contents

Full introductory pages and contents from the printed version 1999

Foreword

Introduction

Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria

Quick guide for the intending users of Australian herbaria

Acknowledgements

Location Map

Code / Herbarium Name (Recent updates marked )

AD State Herbarium of South Australia (updated Dec 2006)

ADT Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

BRI Queensland Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

BRIP Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

CANB Australian National Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

CNS Australian Tropical Herbarium (updated May 2008)

CFSHB North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Herbarium (updated Feb 2006)

CSU Charles Sturt University, School of Agriculture Herbarium (updated Feb 2006)

DAR New South Wales, Plant Pathology Herbarium (updated Oct 2002)

DNA - NT Northern Territory Herbarium (updated Feb 2006)

GAU Gauba Herbarium

HO Tasmanian Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

JCT James Cook University Herbarium (updated Sept 2002)

KPBG Kings Park and Botanic Garden Herbarium

MBA Queensland Herbarium (Mareeba) (updated Sept 2006)

MEL National Herbarium of Victoria (updated Sept 2006)

MELU The University of Melbourne Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

MUCV Monash University Herbarium

NE N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium (updated Oct 2006)

NSW National Herbarium of New South Wales (updated Sept 2006)

PERTH Western Australian Herbarium (updated Oct 2006)

PRH (KARR) Pilbara Regional Herbarium (Institution closed with specimens returned to PERTH 2006).

QRS Australian National Herbarium (Atherton) (updated Sept 2006)

SYD John Ray Herbarium (updated Dec 2006)

UNSW John T. Waterhouse Herbarium (updated Sept 2002)

UWA University of Western Australia Herbarium (updated Dec 2008)

VPRI National Collection of Fungi, Knoxfield Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

WAC Plant Pathology Culture Collection (updated Sept 2006)

WOLL The Janet Cosh Herbarium (updated Sept 2006)

Appendices

Appendix 1 Institutions with predominantly vascular plant collections: >150 000 specimens

Appendix 2 Institutions with predominantly vascular plant collections: <150 000 specimens

Appendix 3 Institutions with predominantly non-vascular plant collections

Appendix 4 The National Collection: Taxonomic Groups (%)

Appendix 5 The National Collection: Institution Holdings (%)

Appendix 6 Collection database status

Contact Details (updated April 2007)

Index to Institutions by City