University of Oxford

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  • Name

    University of Oxford

  • Herbarium Code

    OXF

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Stephen Harris, Curator, stephen.harris@plants.ox.ac.uk

  • Contact

    [44] 1865 275 000
    Fax: [44] 1865 275 074
    Email: stephen.harris@biology.ox.ac.uk

  • Address

    Fielding-Druce Herbarium
    Department of Biology
    University of Oxford
    South Parks Road
    Oxford, England OX1 3RB
    U.K.
    http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/oxford

  • CITES

    GB-28

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Angiosperms; Gymnosperms; Pteridophytes; Bryophytes; Algae; Lichens; Myxomycetes; Macrofungi

    Geography: Worldwide, especially British Isles, arctic, and South America.

  • Notes

    Updated Jan 2014. Pre-Linnaean collections in OXF are primarily associated with the personal herbaria of Jacob Bobart the Elder and the Younger, Robert Morison, William Sherard, Charles Dubois, Johann Dillenius and Thomas Shaw. The Fielding Herbarium contains all non-British material collected by former Department of Botany staff since 1769, and since it was largely obtained through purchase of material at auctions in the early 19th century, it is particularly rich in type material. The Druce Herbarium contains all British phanerogams that were collected later than 1769. The history of OXF has been comprehensively studied by H. M. Clokie (1964; An account of the herbaria of the Department of Botany in the University of Oxford,\" Oxford University Press).

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  • Number of Specimens

    500000

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

    1621

  • Updated

    20/02/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Oxford Botanic Garden, High Street.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    ABN in 1999;
    HTD.

  • Important Collectors

    J. Bobart, H. Cuming, W. Dampier, J. J. Dillenius, D. Douglas, T. Drummond, C. Dubois, J. Gillies, A. H. Haworth, C. G. T. Kotschy, W. Lobb, T. Lobb, J. M. Moçiño, R. Morison, J. A. Pavón y Jiménez, J. D. Prescott, L. Riedel, H. Ruiz Lopez, C. Sandeman, M. de Sessé y Lacasta, W. Sherard, J. Sibthorp, R. Spruce, E. G. von Steudel