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Towards 3 million: Orobanchaceae

…viewed through our herbarium catalog here. Top 5 regions No. of Specimens Herbarium Filing Region 2,464 India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 1,384 Britain and Ireland 2,226 North America 1,928 Inner China,…

Enlisting the crowd to unlock our specimen data!

The herbarium at RBGE holds around 3 million herbarium specimens. Each specimen consists of pressed plant material and a collection label mounted on archival card. They are used to identify…

Finding Monocarpus, in the herbarium

…for DNA extraction, back in July 2006, was Chris Cargill, from the Australian National Herbarium, who promised to keep a lookout for us. In January 2008 she sent us an…

Stable Citations for Herbarium Specimens on the Internet

…looking institution to take a lead and “just do it”. This is an example of the latter. What we describe in the paper is that herbarium specimens within our collections…

The OpenUp! Project – making RBGEs collections available through the European Cultural Portal.

…was to provide: 95,000 high quality images of herbarium specimens 5,000 digital photographs and scans of living plants 200 natural history artwork scans To date we have provided 185,559 records…

Wallich Catalogue: Herb. Hb. & H.

Throughout his catalogue of the East India Company Herbarium, Nathaniel Wallich makes reference to herbarium collections by using the abbreviations ‘Herb.’, ‘Hb.’ or simply ‘H.’ The clues to understanding what…

The Top Secret Botanics Apps!

…this URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/mobile/herbarium/ Or with the QR Code displayed. If you don’t have access to the herbarium you could pick some bar codes from our herbarium catalogue – which actually…

Building – herbarium

“Building – herbarium”. Released: 2018….

Sometimes a herbarium specimen is mainly made up of leaves mounted/affixed in a satisfying pattern, like this Klainedoxa gabonensis, an Irvingiaceae collected in Gabon in 2005 (E00217568).

Sometimes a herbarium specimen is mainly made up of leaves mounted/affixed in a satisfying pattern, like this Klainedoxa gabonensis, an Irvingiaceae collected in Gabon in 2005 (E00217568).

Saxifraga longifolia, showing leaves in a basal rosette. A herbarium specimen collected in Europe (E00636481)

Saxifraga longifolia, showing leaves in a basal rosette. A herbarium specimen collected in Europe (E00636481)

Herbarium specimen of Saxifraga brachypoda collected at an altitude of 3550m in Nepal, 2005 (E00246537)

Herbarium specimen of Saxifraga brachypoda collected at an altitude of 3550m in Nepal, 2005 (E00246537)

Saxifraga oppositifolia. A herbarium specimen collected in on Ben Lui in Scotland in 1929 (E00762362)

Saxifraga oppositifolia. A herbarium specimen collected in on Ben Lui in Scotland in 1929 (E00762362)

A herbarium specimen of the Cape silver or Safsaf willow (Salix mucronata) from a farm in Yemen. (E00371091)

A herbarium specimen of the Cape silver or Safsaf willow (Salix mucronata) from a farm in Yemen. (E00371091)

A herbarium specimen of the Cape silver or Safsaf willow (Salix mucronata) from a farm in Yemen. (E00371091)

A herbarium specimen of the Cape silver or Safsaf willow (Salix mucronata) from a farm in Yemen. (E00371091)

This is Buchanania sp. Spreng., collected in Timor. It is an Anacardiacea specimen that came to us via Glasgow herbarium, sadly affixed with particularly wide sticky tape, E01458352

This is Buchanania sp. Spreng., collected in Timor. It is an Anacardiacea specimen that came to us via Glasgow herbarium, sadly affixed with particularly wide sticky tape, E01458352…

A Fly Agaric, (Amanita muscaria) herbarium specimen from a 1907 collection

A Fly Agaric, (Amanita muscaria) herbarium specimen from a 1907 collection

Herbarium specimen of Itea ilicifolia Oliv. Collected in China in 1934 (E01420087)

Herbarium specimen of Itea ilicifolia Oliv. Collected in China in 1934 (E01420087)

A dried herbarium specimen of the Dry Rot fungus, (Serpula lacrymans)

A dried herbarium specimen of the Dry Rot fungus, (Serpula lacrymans)

A redcurrant (Ribes rubrum L.) from the DuBois herbarium. (E01243727)

A redcurrant (Ribes rubrum L.) from the DuBois herbarium. (E01243727)

The Life and Achievements of Dr Archibald Hewan

…Erica mannii (Hook.f.) Beentje A selection of Dr Hewan’s plant specimens held by RBGE’s herbarium Dr David Harris, herbarium curator and deputy director of science, says:  “Dr Hewan was one…