Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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  • Name

    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

  • Herbarium Code

    WELT

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Leon Perrie, Curator, leonp@tepapa.govt.nz
    Bridget Hatton, Kaitiaki Taonga Collection Manager Botany, bridget.hatton@tepapa.govt.nz

  • Contact

    +64 (04) 381 7000
    Email: bridget.hatton@tepapa.govt.nz

  • Address

    Te Papa Herbarium
    Botany Department
    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    55 Cable Street, P.O. Box 467
    Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington 6011
    New Zealand
    http://www.tepapa.govt.nz

  • CITES

    NZ 002

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All groups except fungi

    Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Pacific, Europe, and North and South America

  • Quarantine Requirements

    Quarantine restrictions apply for herbarium material sent to New Zealand - please contact us before sending any material, so that we can send up-to-date permit and labeling information. Government consent required to temporarily export types.

  • Notes

    When citing specimens from this collection, please use the format “WELT SP123456/A” – note the space between WELT and the identifier, and lack of periods.

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  • Number of Specimens

    263200

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 36000 27900 2700
    Bryophytes 66500 53000 1200
    Fungi/Lichens 23300 10400 220
    Pteridophytes 33100 28900 9700
    Seed Plants 173300 110400 44600
  • Date Founded

    1865

  • Updated

    03/11/2023

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    WELTU (14,859 specimens) in 2012

  • Important Collectors

    N. M. Adams, B. C. Aston, J. G. Baker, J. Banks, R. Brown, P. J. Brownsey, J. Buchanan, L. Cockayne, W. Colenso, A. Cunningham, J. Dawson, T. Kirk, C. Knight, V. W. Lindauer, J. D. Lovis, W. Martin, J. H. McMahon, W. A. Nelson, W. R. B. Oliver, D. Petrie, G. O. K. Sainsbury, D. C. Solander, H. H. Travers