Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

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  • Name

    Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

  • Herbarium Code

    BRISTM

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Rhian Rowson, Curator, Rhian.rowson@bristol.gov.uk

  • Contact

    [44] 0117 922 3598
    Fax: [44] 0117 922 2047
    Email: Rhian.rowson@bristol.gov.uk

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Biology Section
    Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
    Queens Road
    Bristol, Avon, England BS8 1RL
    U.K.

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Historical material from U.K. and Jamaica, including types

    Geography: England, especially Bristol, Somerset, and Gloucestershire; Jamaica

  • Notes

    Updated Mar 2017 (correspondent, specimen total). Types restricted.

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    55000

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

    1823

  • Updated

    /03/2017

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    BMPS;
    BNS;
    BRIST (flowering plants) in 1991;
    Bristol Institution for Science, Literature and the Arts;
    Bristol Library Society.;
    CFN;
    LRTE;
    SCT

  • Important Collectors

    T. P. Clark, C. Startup, J. W. Haines, W. Paine, C. Tucker, C. Wheeler, J. George, G. A. O. St. Brody, J. E. Leefe, R. Tate, M. Carde, J. Tatham, W. E. A. Clark, H. O. Stephens, B. Glennie, H. Thomas, G. W. Braikenridge, I. R. Ives, R. Braithwaite, H. J. Hooper, I. W. Evans, J. L. Knapp, L. Lushington, P. A. Fry, A. E. J. Thatcher