Saasveld, Port Elizabeth Technikon

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  • Name

    Saasveld, Port Elizabeth Technikon

  • Herbarium Code

    SAAS

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Petrus Peens, Curator

  • Contact

    [27] 44 801 5028
    Fax: [27] 44 801 5031

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Faculty of Forestry
    Saasveld, Port Elizabeth Technikon
    Private Bag X6531
    George, Western Cape Province 6530
    Republic of South Africa

  • Specialty

    Geography: Western Cape

  • Notes

    As of 2017, this record has not been updated in over 15 years. Majority of SAAS (20 000 specimens) transferred to PRE in 1992. Duplicates were returned to SAAS in 1994. This set of duplicates was divided into three, with one portion going to SCHG in 1996, one to Department of Water Affairs and Forestry at Knysna in 1996, and the third remaining at SAAS.

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  • Number of Specimens

    2500

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

    1920

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Saasveld Arboreta.

  • Important Collectors

    M. Viviers, W. R. Bird, G. M. Dickin, M. G. Wright, F. von Breitenbach, C. J. Geldenhuys, J. F. V. Phillips, F. S. Laughton, J. H. Vlok, W. J. Bond, H. C. Taylor, D. G. M. Donald, J. Morze, J. J. Midgley