Western Australian Herbarium

The Western Australian Herbarium is the State Herbarium in Perth, Western Australia.

It is part of the State government's Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Australia.[1] It has the Index Herbariorum code of PERTH.[2]

The Hebarium forms part of the Australasian Virtual Herbarium.

The Herbarium is linked to the Western Australian 'Regional Herbaria Network' – which links approximately 84 regional community groups which have local reference collections.

In 2000, with the Wildflower Society of Western Australia and the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority it published The Western Australian Flora – A Descriptive Catalogue.

  1. ^ "Western Australian Herbarium". Department of Parks and Wildlife, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
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