Corporate Body
State Herbarium of South Australia (1954 - )
- From
- 1954
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Functions
- Collection Management, Herbarium, Taxonomic botany and Plant Science
- Alternative Names
- Adelaide Herbarium (Also known as)
- South Australian Herbarium (Also known as)
- Website
- https://www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au/science-conservation/state-herbarium/about
- Location
- Botanic Gardens, North Terrace, Adelaide 5069
Summary
The State Herbarium of South Australia was established in 1954 when earlier South Australian plant collections were brought together. These included the former collections of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens; and collections from the South Australia Museum, the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, the Field Naturalists Club of South Australia, and the Department of Botany at the University of Adelaide. The latter included the J. M. Black Herbarium. Situated within the Gardens, the Herbarium is the major centre for the study of the systematics, biodiversity, biogeography and conservation of the South Australian flora, fungi and algae. It is also the centre for the deposition of voucher specimens for this flora. The Herbarium and Gardens are administered under the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Act of 1978, under the oversight of the Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium.
Details
Papers resulting from the research of botanists at the Herbarium are published in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens (ISSN 0313-4083): in 2018 it was renamed Swainsona.
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Haegi, Laurence, 'Botany and science at Adelaide's Botanic Gardens since the founding of the State Herbarium', Swainsona, 30 (2022), 53-68. https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG30P053_Haegi.pdf. Details
- Haegi, Laurie, 'Botany and science at Adelaide's Botanic Gardens since the founding of the State Herbarium', Swainsona, 30 (5) (2022), 53-68. https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG30P053_Haegi.pdf. Details
- Kaus, David, 'It is a Treat at Any Time to Study Nature: an Introduction to the Collections of Herbert Basedow', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 138 (2009), 7-18 . Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7603235. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/135229788. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474355. Details
See also
- Barker, R. M., 'David Eric Symon (1920-2011)', Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, 26 (2013), 71-96. Details
- Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G, Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia (Canberra: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, 1999), [84] pp. Details
- Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G, Resources of Australian Herbaria [online], with Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, 2002, http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/resources/intro/index.html. Details
Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn
Created: 23 July 2002, Last modified: 18 July 2024