University of Dundee

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  • Name

    University of Dundee

  • Herbarium Code

    DUE

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    K. Skene, Curator, k.r.skene@dundee.ac.uk
    Matthew Jarron, Curator of Museum Services, m.h.jarron@dundee.ac.uk

  • Contact

    [44] 01382 384310
    Email: museum@dundee.ac.uk

  • Address

    Herbarium
    School of Biological Sciences
    University of Dundee
    c/o Museum Services
    Dundee, Scotland DD1 4HN
    U.K.
    https://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/collections/herbarium/

  • Specialty

    Geography: Scotland.

  • Notes

    Updated Apr 2017 (general update). The University of Dundee’s Herbarium contains many thousands of plant specimens, including the largest public collection of Angus flora, as well as comparative specimens from other parts of Scotland. It also has some more exotic plants from further afield, such as a fascinating 19th century collection of Darjeeling Ferns. The Herbarium was created by Patrick Geddes, the first Professor of Botany at what was then University College Dundee. Lack of resources forced Geddes to abandon his work on the collection, and only a few of the specimens that came to the University during his time survive today. The Herbarium does, however, contain many plant specimens from the 19th century, though these were acquired at a later date. Following the gift of the Corstorphine Collection to the University in 1944, a later Botany lecturer, Dr Hugh Ingram, recommenced the active collection of herbarium specimens during the latter half of the 20th century. Thanks to this activity and the addition of other important collections there are now approximately 15,000 specimens in the Herbarium.

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  • Number of Specimens

    15000

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

    1888

  • Updated

    /04/2017

  • Associated Institution

    University of Dundee Botanic Garden, Riverside Drive, Dundee DD2 1QH

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    ARBH Mostly Angus plus other locations collected by members (1955);
    Robert & Margaret Corstorphine Herbarium, Flora of Angus, 4500 (1944)

  • Important Collectors

    W. Gardiner, R. Corstorphine, M. Corstorphine, H. Ingram, J. Colville, E. Crapper, R.A. Taylor, P. Jaffrey