Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust

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  • Name

    Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust

  • Herbarium Code

    NSW

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Hannah McPherson, Collections Manager, hannah.mcpherson@botanicgardens.nsw.gov.au
    Andre Badiou, Manager Digital Curation, andre.badiou@botanicgardens.nsw.gov.au
    Jo White, Director of Science and Conservation, jo.white@environment.nsw.gov.au

  • Contact

    [61] 2 4631 5111
    Email: hannah.mcpherson@botanicgardens.nsw.gov.au

  • Address

    National Herbarium of New South Wales
    Australian Institute of Botanical Science
    Science, Education and Conservation
    Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
    Locked Bag 6002
    Mount Annan, New South Wales 2567
    Australia
    http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

  • CITES

    AU 036

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All groups; limited fungal collections

    Geography: Worldwide, with emphasis on Australia, especially New South Wales

  • Quarantine Requirements

    Biosecurity restrictions apply for herbarium material sent to Australia. Please contact the institution before sending any material for biosecurity guidelines for sending specimens to NSW and a Declaration and Parcel label template. Australian Scientific Exchange Program (loan, donation or exchange) for herbarium specimens or samples Scientific exchange of all CITES listed taxa from and to Australian institutions requires both the Australian and overseas scientific organisation to be CITES registered. Scientific exchange of any Australian native species not listed under CITES requires overseas institutions to be either CITES-registered or registered with the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. For further details visit the following link: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/wildlife-trade/non-commercial/research

  • Notes

    NSW fungi have been transferred to the New South Wales Plant Pathology Herbarium (DAR); The Plant Disease Diagnostic Unit contains microfungal and plant pathology collections. In June 2018, the NSW Government  announced a $60 million investment for a new facility in Western Sydney at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan. This project has seen a purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility created to protect our nationally and internationally significant collection, recently valued at $300 million. The herbarium collection was moved here in 2022.   A mass digitization project was undertaken between 2019 and 2021 and has produced more than one million high resolution images of the botanical collections, most of which are publically available.

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  • Number of Specimens

    1400000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 40000 37000 37000
    Bryophytes 61000 60000 60000
    Fungi/Lichens 27000 25000 25000
    Pteridophytes 50000 50000 50000
    Seed Plants 1000000 700000 900000
  • Date Founded

    1896

  • Updated

    01/08/2022

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney; Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah; Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney;
    NSWF wood (2010);
    UNSW Australian mosses

  • Important Collectors

    R. T. Baker, J. Banks, W. Bäuerlen, E. Betche, W. F. Blakely, J. L. Boorman, G. Caley, A. Cunningham, E. F. Constable, A. D. E. Elmer, W. V. Fitzgerald, W. H. Harvey, L. A. S. Johnson, C. King, A. H. S. Lucas, J. H. Maiden, E. D. Merrill, G. I. Playfair, F. A. Rodway, F. R. R. Schlechter, D. Solander, J. W. Vickery, W. W. Watts, T. Whitelegge