Culture and Sport Glasgow

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  • Name

    Culture and Sport Glasgow

  • Herbarium Code

    GGO

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Natural History Department
    Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
    Culture and Sport Glasgow
    200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate
    Glasgow, Scotland G53 7NN
    U.K.

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Flowering Plants; Ferns; Bryophytes; Algae; Fungi; Lichens

    Geography: UK; Europe; N & S America; S Africa

  • Notes

    GGO (13,000 specimens) transferred to GLAM in 1991. Currently housed by at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre See http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=533630;type=801 The herbarium started with the collection of Professor John Scouler and his collection formed the basis of the herbarium from his death (1871), where it was worked on by Professor Roger Hennedy (who also collected specimens). Strathclyde University was previously named the Royal College of Science and Technology (even earlier as the Andersonian Institute founded in 1796) References: Lloyd, B (1964). The Herbarium of the Royal College of Science and Technology Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist Vol 18, Part 7, 363 - 368 Macpherson, P & Watson, K J (1996). Strathclyde University Herbarium - Computerised Database. Glasgow Naturalist Vol 23 Part 1, 7 - 8

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  • Number of Specimens

    13221

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 1211 1211
    Bryophytes 1573 1573
    Fungi/Lichens 569 569
    Pteridophytes 878 878
    Seed Plants 8290 8290
  • Date Founded

    1871

  • Updated

    10/01/2022

  • Important Collectors

    J Scouler, R Hennedy, Prof Scott-Elliot, W H Harvey

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