National Herbarium of New South Wales

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National Herbarium of New South Wales
Joseph Maiden in the Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens c. 1895
Established1853 (1853)
AddressMrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Location
Sydney
,
New South Wales
,
Australia
Coordinates(−33.865390, 151.217535)
WebsiteNational Herbarium of NSW

The National Herbarium of New South Wales was established in 1853. The Herbarium has a collection of more than 1.4 million plant specimens, making it the second largest collection of pressed, dried plant specimens in Australia,[1] including scientific and historically significant collections and samples of Australian flora gathered by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander during the voyage of HMS Endeavour in 1770.[2]

The Herbarium is a centre for Australian plant research. These specimens are used for studies of Australian native plants, their relationships and classification. A botanical information service is also provided including native plant identifications.[3]

The National Herbarium is in the Robert Brown Building at the Royal Botanic Garden on Mrs Macquaries Road in Sydney. In June 2018 plans to relocate the Herbarium to a new purpose built Centre of Innovation in Plant Sciences to be at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan were announced.

In addition to two journals, Telopea[4] and Cunninghamia,[5] the herbarium is responsible for the online database (and keys) to NSW Flora, PlantNet.[6]

The Index Herbariorum Code for the National Herbarium of New South Wales is NSW.[7]

  1. ^ Thiers, B. (2020 – continuously updated). National Herbarium of New South Wales Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium. Available from: NSW Collections Summary (accessed 21 August 2020)
  2. ^ Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust (N.S.W.) (1981), Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Annual Report 2014-15 (PDF), Govt. Printer, ISSN 0810-2538, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2017, retrieved 7 February 2017
  3. ^ "Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney, N.S.W.). – People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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  5. ^ "Cunninghamia (journal)". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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