Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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  • Name

    Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

  • Herbarium Code

    E

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Olwen Grace, Deputy Director of Science (Collections), Curator of Herbarium, herbarium@rbge.org.uk

  • Contact

    Email: herbarium@rbge.org.uk

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
    Edinburgh, Scotland EH3 5LR
    U.K.
    http://www.rbge.org.uk

  • CITES

    GB 006

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE SENDING ANY GIFT OR EXCHANGE MATERIAL. All groups worldwide; Gesneriaceae; Begoniaceae, Solanaceae, Sapotaceae, Zingiberaceae; Ferns; cultivated plants; bryophytes; fungi; lichens

    Geography: Southwestern and southeastern Asia, Arabia, Turkey, Bhutan, Brazil, Britain, China, Himalayas, Mediterranean, Chile, Argentina, and southern Africa

  • Notes

    Updated Apr 2017 (incorporated herbaria EGHB). Index of collectors in the Edinburgh Herbarium, I. C. Hedge and J. M. Lamond, 1970. Administered by Board of Trustees. Non-functional phone number removed Feb 2023.

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    3000000

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

    1839

  • Updated

    27/02/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Younger Botanic Garden, Benmore, by Dunoon, Argyll. Logan Botanic Garden, by Ardwell, Wigtown. Dawyck Arboretum, Stobo, Peebles. University of Edinburgh.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    CTN;
    EBH;
    EDH;
    EGH;
    EGHB (2500 specimens, 1990);
    GL phanerogams (except British) on permanent loan;
    KSO;
    LANC (ca. 10,000arctic collections, except Greenland, Mar 2014);
    NCCE.;
    NCE (tropical pteridophytes);
    Part of ACHE

  • Important Collectors

    G. C. G. Argent, G. A. W. Arnott, J. H. Balfour, I. B. Balfour, J. Ball, F. W. Beechey, T. Bridges, F. Buchanan-Hamilton, B. L. Burtt, H. F. Comber, B. Coppins, H. Cuming, P. H. Davis, U. K. Duncan, R. Farrer, G. Forrest, J. Gillies, R. K. Greville, A. J. C. Grierson, I. C. Hedge, O. M. Hillard, W. J. Hooker, J. D. Hooker, H. H. Johnston, J. Keenan, J. H. Lace, A. A. H. Léveillé, D. G. Long, H. S. McKee, A. Menzies, A. Morrison, C. N. Page, J. Ratter, W. Roxburgh, J. Sinclair, R. Watling, G. Watt, R. Wight, P. J. B. Woods, J. Woods