Canadian Museum of Nature

  • Number of Specimens

    640000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes 30000 3000
    Seed Plants 610000 177000
  • Date Founded

    1882

  • Updated

    28/02/2020

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Geological Survey of Canada;
    OTF in 1994.;
    Part of LCU (about l0 000 Canadian and arctic specimens);
    PFES in 1994

  • Important Collectors

    T. M. C. Taylor, G. Lawson, R. Bell, N. V. Polunin, R. C. Hosie, A. E. Porsild, J. H. Soper, G. M. Dawson, J. Macoun, W. K. W. Baldwin, H. J. Scoggan, J. M. Gillett, J. Bell, J. M. Macoun, W. Spreadborough, G. W. Argus, M. L. Fernald, A. P. Low, M. O. Malte