Royal Ontario Museum

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  • Name

    Royal Ontario Museum

  • Herbarium Code

    TRT

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Deborah Metsger, Assistant Curator, debm@rom.on.ca

  • Contact

    [1] 416 586 5610
    Fax: [1] 416 586 7921
    Email: entogeek@rogers.com

  • Address

    Green Plant Herbarium
    Department of Natural History
    345 Friendship Avenue
    Royal Ontario Museum
    100 Queen's Park
    Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6
    Canada

  • CITES

    CA 018

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants and bryophytes

    Geography: Ontario; worldwide, especially New World

  • Notes

    Updated Nov 2015 (important collectins updated). TRT now houses the algae and bryophytes that were formerly housed at TRTC.

  • Feedback

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  • Number of Specimens

    186999

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

    1838

  • Updated

    18/09/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Associated university: University of Toronto.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    TRTC (algae, bryophytes)

  • Important Collectors

    H. V. Begley, C. D. Bird, H. H. Brown, R. F. Cain, P. M. Catling, F. Cook, T. Dickinson, J.-P. Frahm, F. C. Fyre, S. Hattori, M. Heimburger, J. C. Krug, M. Landon, J. Macoun, S. McKay-Kuja, E. A. Moxley, J. B. Phipps, J. Riley, V. Schiffner, W. Scott, J. H. Soper, T. M. C. Taylor, J. Walker, W. Watson, A. White, J. White, R. E. Whiting