Australian Tropical Herbarium

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  • Name

    Australian Tropical Herbarium

  • Herbarium Code

    CNS

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Frank Zich, Curator, frank.zich@csiro.au

  • Contact

    [61] 0 7 4232 1837
    [61] 0 7 4059 5014
    Email: enquiry@ath.org.au

  • Address

    Australian Tropical Herbarium
    Australian Tropical Herbarium
    E2 building, JCU Cairns Nguma-bada Campus, P.O. Box 6811
    Cairns, Queensland 4870
    Australia
    https://www.ath.org.au/

  • CITES

    AU047

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All plant groups and algae and fungi

    Geography: Australia's tropics, especially northeastern Australian rainforests; Papua New Guinea, Pacific, and southeast Asia

  • Quarantine Requirements

    Biosecurity quarantine restrictions apply for herbarium material sent to Australia. Please contact CNS (enquiry@ath.org.au) before sending any material to request biosecurity guidelines for sending specimens and a Declaration and Parcel label templates. Australian Scientific Exchange Program (loan, donation or exchange) for herbarium specimens or samples: the scientific exchange of all CITES listed taxa from and to Australian institutions requires both the Australian and overseas scientific organisation to be CITES registered. Scientific exchange of any Australian native species not listed under CITES requires overseas institutions to be either CITES-registered or registered with the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. For further details visit the following link: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/wildlife-trade/non-commercial/research

  • Notes

    Updated Nov 2017 (notes). CNS is a Joint venture: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Queensland Herbarium through the Queensland Government, and James Cook University.

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    195000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants
  • Date Founded

    2007

  • Updated

    05/04/2021

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden Tropical Forest Research Station Arboretum, CSIRO, Maunds Road, Atherton, Queenland 4870, Australia.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Atherton Forestry Office in 1994;
    BRIU in part (rainforest specimens);
    CAIRNS in 1971;
    JCT in part in 2007;
    MBA in 2007;
    QRS in 2007

  • Important Collectors

    H. Flecker, B. Gray, B. P. M. Hyland, I. Price