University of Sheffield

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  • Name

    University of Sheffield

  • Herbarium Code

    SHD

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Contact

    Email: admuseum@sheffield.ac.uk

  • Address

    Herbarium
    School of Biosciences
    University of Sheffield
    Alfred Denny Building, University of Sheffield
    Sheffield, South Yorkshire S102TN
    U.K.

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Angiosperms (trees, orchids, shrubs, low lying grassland species), Lycopsids, Mosses, Lichens, Gymnosperms, Algae

    Geography: Great Britain.

  • Notes

    The Sheffield University herbarium is a collection of ~12,000 dried plant samples spanning 170 years of floral history across the British Isles and beyond. At present ~5000 of these species in the British Collection have been databased in a digital catalogue by a voluntary curator (2017-22) A joint project between the School of Bioscience and Library team at the University of Sheffield is underway to digitally image a portion of these catalogued specimens (2023-24)

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  • Number of Specimens

    4885

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

    Unknown, estimated between 1905-1911

  • Updated

    27/11/2023

  • Associated Institution

    University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Zoological Museum

  • Important Collectors

    C. Waterfall, D.J. Anderson, D. Lumb, G.C. Brown, G.C. Druce, J. Comber, J.E. Little, Miss Comber, T. T Elkington