University of Cape Town

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  • Name

    University of Cape Town

  • Herbarium Code

    BOL

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Contact

    [27] 21 650 3724
    Fax: [27] 21 650 4041
    Email: Cornelia.Klak@uct.ac.za

  • Address

    Bolus Herbarium
    HW Pearson Bldg.
    Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Cape Town
    Rhodes Gift
    Rondebosch, Western Cape Province 7707
    Republic of South Africa
    http://www.bolus.uct.ac.za/

  • CITES

    ZA 006

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All plant groups; worldwide marine algae

    Geography: South Africa, especially western Cape Province; southern Africa

  • Notes

    Updated Apr 2018.

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  • Number of Specimens

    373000

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

    1865

  • Updated

    17/04/2018

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    CT (9100 specimens).

  • Important Collectors

    R. S. Adamson, O. Almborn, W. F. Barker, H. F. Becker, H. Bolus, H. M. L. Bolus, P. V. Bruyns, R. H. Compton, M. K. Dinter, R. A. Dümmer, A. V. Duthie, E. E. Esterhuysen, H. G. Fourcade, S. Garside, J. B. Gillett, F. A. Guthrie, A. V. Hall, T. Hedderson, A. G. J. Herre, F. M. Leighton, M. R. B. Levyns, G. J. Lewis, H. P. Linder, A. M. Pegler, N. S. Pillans, T. M. Salter, E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe, F. R. R. Schlechter, E. L. Stephens, T. P. Stokoe, W. Tyson