University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • Name

    University of Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Herbarium Code

    HAMU

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Contact

    [44] 91 222 7418
    [44] 91 222 7419

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Hancock Museum
    University of Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne, England NE2 4PT
    U.K.

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: 19th century vascular plants

    Geography: Britain, especially northern England; Europe, especially southern France

  • Notes

    Updated Nov 2017 (notes). Extensive fossil plant and archival collections. In 2003 HAMU was incorporated into the Hancock Museum herbarium which is housed at the Discovery Museum, in Newcastle.

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  • Number of Specimens

    62160

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

    1829

  • Updated

    /11/2017

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne.;
    TNFC;
    USH

  • Important Collectors

    G. W. Temperley, G. S. Brady, O. Gilbert, J. Nowell, J. F. Bigge, M. J. F. Sidney, F. Raine, A. W. Bartlett, J. Adamson, T. Belt, J. B. Duncan, W. Mudd, A. G. Long, M. R. Dickinson, J. Thornhill, J. Boyd, B. King, T. Pigg, N. Temperley, M. Hancock, J. Storey, R. B. Bowman, J. Alder, W. Robertson, W. McLean-Brown, J. H. Balfour, E. M. Lobley, N. J. Winch, R. C. Embleton, R. B. Cooke, W. C. Trevelyan, W. Johnson