Royal British Columbia Museum

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  • Name

    Royal British Columbia Museum

  • Herbarium Code

    V

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Kendrick Marr, Curator, kmarr@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
    Heidi Guest, Collection Manager, HGuest@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
    Erica Wheeler, Collections Manager, ewheeler@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

  • Contact

    1 250 387-2918
    1 250 208-3838
    Fax: [1] 250 387 0534
    Email: hguest@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Natural History
    Botany Unit
    Royal British Columbia Museum
    675 Belleville St.
    Victoria, BC Canada, Choose State V8W 9W2
    Canada

  • CITES

    CA015

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants

    Geography: Northwestern North America, especially western Canada and British Columbia

  • Exchange

    Exchange Available: British Columbia

    Exchange Wanted: Pacific Northwest; northern Rocky Mountains; Alaska; Yukon Territory

  • Notes

    Updated Aug 2017 (postal code fixed); data from the labels of approximately 50% of our specimens have been entered into our searchable database (http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Botany). Skeletal records with taxon name and accession number have been entered for the remaining 50%; Formerly British Columbia Provincial Museum. Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture.

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  • Number of Specimens

    225000

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

    1886

  • Updated

    16/02/2023

  • Associated Institution

    Native Plant Garden, Royal British Columbia Museum. University of Victoria.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    DECV (10 000 specimens);
    Terrestrial Studies Branch, Ministry of Environment, Kelowna;
    WIB (9000 specimens) in 1997.

  • Important Collectors

    J. R. Anderson, J. A. Bailey, T. C. Brayshaw, J. A. Calder, W. R. Carter, A. Ceska, R. Connell, G. V. Copley, G. W. Douglas, J. W. Eastham, F. Fodor, G. A. Hardy, J. Macoun, M. C. Melburn, C. F. Newcombe, W. A. Newcombe, A. F. Szczawinski, T. M. C. Taylor, N. J. Turner, P. D. Warrington