Albany Museum

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  • Name

    Albany Museum

  • Herbarium Code

    GRA

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Tony Dold, Curator, t.dold@ru.ac.za

  • Contact

    [27] 46 622 2312
    Email: t.dold@ru.ac.za

  • Address

    Selmar Schonland Herbarium
    Albany Museum
    Somerset Street
    Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province 6139
    Republic of South Africa
    http://www.ru.ac.za/schonlandherbarium/

  • CITES

    ZA016

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All plant groups, especially phanerogams and marine algae

    Geography: Worldwide, with emphasis on Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

  • Notes

    The collection belongs to the Albany Museum but is co-funded and managed by Rhodes University, Grahamstown. The curator is employed by Rhodes University Botany Department (1993 to present).

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  • Number of Specimens

    210000

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

    1860

  • Updated

    /03/2017

  • Associated Institution

    Associated university: Rhodes University.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Gill College;
    RUH (32 000 specimens, 1993).

  • Important Collectors

    A. Pegler, S. C. Seagrief, W. J. Burchell, M. J. Wells, N. R. Urton, C. W. L. Pappe, T. V. Paterson, C. F. Ecklon, L. L. Britten, E. E. Galpin, M. A. Pocock, F. R. R. Schlechter, C. L. P. Zeyher, I. L. Drège, H. G. Flanagan, S. Schonland, R. Story, A. F. M. G. Jacot Guillarmod, H. G. Fourcade, F. A. Rogers, T. R. Sim, P. MacOwan