Trinity College

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  • Name

    Trinity College

  • Herbarium Code

    TCD

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Peter Moonlight, Curator, moonligp@tcd.ie
    T. Hodkinson, Assistant Curator, hodkinst@tcd.ie
    John Parnell, Professor Emeritus, jparnell@tcd.ie

  • Contact

    [353] 1 896 1421

  • Address

    Herbarium
    School of Botany
    Trinity College
    Dublin 2
    Ireland

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Mainly angiosperms and algae

    Geography: Worldwide, especially Europe, India, South Africa, Australia, North America, and Thailand

  • Notes

    Loans of type material limited. The TCD Herbarium’s collection of wood samples has been lent on long-term loan to the Design and Manufacturing Technology Department of the University of Limerick: enquires to louise.madden@ul.ie.

  • Feedback

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  • Number of Specimens

    300000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 22000
    Bryophytes 10000
    Fungi/Lichens 4000
    Pteridophytes 10000
    Seed Plants 254000
  • Date Founded

    1830

  • Updated

    12/03/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Botanic Gardens, Trinity College, Palmerston Park, Dublin 6, Ireland.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    DUBN.;
    Part of CRK (largely Australian & lichen collections)

  • Important Collectors

    J. G. Agardh, P. M. R. Aucher-Eloy, J. Ball, M. E. Barber, L. H. Boivin, E. Bourgeau, M. E. Bowker, G. Clifton, T. Cooper, T. Coulter, H. Cuming, C. Darwin, J. F. Drège, J. Drummond, T. Drummond, B. S. Ecklon, A. Fendler, R. C. Gunn, W. H. Harvey, W. M. Hind, J. D. Hooker, W. Jameson, G. S. Karelin, A. F. G. Kerr, I. P. Kirilow, K. Kotschy, A. F. Le Jolis, D. Lyall, D. McArdle, J. P. F. C. Montagne, F. J. H. von Mueller, C. W. L. Pappe, J. Parnell, J. A. L. Preiss, J. Sanderson, G. H. W. Schimper, R. H. Schomburgk, R. Spruce, R. Strachey, G. H. K. Thwaites, G. M. A. de Tommasini, D. A. Webb, F. M. J. Welwitsch, J. E. Winterbottom, C. Wright, P. Zeyer