University of Reading

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  • Name

    University of Reading

  • Herbarium Code

    RNG

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Alastair Culham, Curator, a.culham@reading.ac.uk

  • Contact

    [44] (0) 118 987 5123
    Fax: [44] 118 975 3676
    Email: a.culham@reading.ac.uk

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Biological Sciences
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    University of Reading
    Health and Life Sciences Building, Whiteknights
    Reading, England RG6 6EX
    U.K.
    http://www.herbarium.reading.ac.uk

  • CITES

    GB 016

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Flowering Plants, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes, bryophytes, lichens

    Geography: Europe, especially Great Britain and Ireland; Iberian Peninsula; northern Africa (especially Morocco); Macaronesia; Middle East; cool temperate South America; British Isles, Europe, and Morocco

  • Exchange

    Exchange Available: Angiosperms, pteridophytes, bryophytes, and lichens of Europe, especially Great Britain and Mediterranean

    Exchange Wanted: Higher plants of Europe, Mediterranean basin, and Middle East

  • Notes

    SPN now fully incorporated into RNG. Herbarium News published annually (e-mail subscriptions welcomed); issues available for consultation at https://research.reading.ac.uk/herbarium/news-archive/. Herbarium collections stored in AdLib. Other web addresses: http://www.herbarium.rdg.ac.uk/

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  • Number of Specimens

    501000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 100
    Bryophytes 50000 2000
    Fungi/Lichens 2000
    Pteridophytes 5000 1000
    Seed Plants 445000 75000
  • Date Founded

    1893

  • Updated

    04/11/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Harris Garden.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    RU;
    SOTON (14,000 specimens) in 2008;
    SPN (12,000 specimens) in 2013;
    WRO (10 000 specimens) in 2003.

  • Important Collectors

    J. R. Akeroyd, C. H. Binstead, H. J. M. Bowen, D. Bramwell, J. P. M. Brenan, J. W. Carr, E. J. Clement, P. H. Davis, S. G. Gardner, M. F. Gardner, R. N. Goodall, S. W. Greene, E. Guinea, S.L. Jury, P. P. King, J. E. Lousley, K. M. Lyell, D. M. Moore, J. Percival, E. Pisano, F. J. Rumsey, Fr. Sennen, C. C. Townsend, B. Valdés Castrillón, E. C. Wallace, E. V. Watson