Linnean Society of London

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  • Name

    Linnean Society of London

  • Herbarium Code

    LINN

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Isabelle Charmantier, Head of Collections, isabelle@linnean.org

  • Contact

    [44] 0 20 7434 4479 ext. 24
    Fax: [44] 0 20 7287 9364
    Email: isabelle@linnean.org

  • Address

    Linnaean and J.E. Smith Herbariums
    Linnean Society of London
    Burlington House
    London, England W1J 0BF
    U.K.
    http://www.linnean-online.org/

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Most groups worldwide; many types of names published by Linnaeus, Linnaeus filius, and J. E. Smith

    Geography: Worldwide

  • Notes

    Updated Jan 2020. Some supervised loans only to BM. Visitors should make arrangements in advance by contacting the Librarian. The Society\'s \"British Herbarium\" (cf. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 194. 1860) is now owned by Natural History Museum (BM). The specimens in the Linnaean and J.E. Smith Herbariums have been digitized and the images are freely available on the Society\'s website (http://www.linnean.org). Microfiche editions of Linnaean and Smithian herbaria, with catalogs, are available from Inter Documentation Company AG, Poststrasse 14, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. Information on the types of Linnaean binomials can be obtained from the Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/linnaean-typification/) .

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  • Number of Specimens

    33800

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

    1730

  • Updated

    10/01/2020

  • Associated Institution

    Natural History Museum, London

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    BEDPL.

  • Important Collectors

    C. Allioni, J. Amman, P. Arduino, P. Browne, J. Burman, A. Dahl, C. G. Dahlberg, J. G. Gmelin, F. Hasselquist, N. J. Jacquin, B. Jussieu, P. Kalm, J. G. König, C. Linnaeus filius, C. Linnaeus, P. Löfling, P. Magnol, P. Miller, J. C. Mutis, H.B. Oldenland, P. Osbeck, A. Royen, D. Royen, J. C. D. Schreber, G. A. Scopoli, J. F. Séguier, D. Solander, A. Sparrman, C. P. Thunberg, C. R. Tulbagh, J. Banks, J. E. Smith