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Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Botany Collection

Dataset homepage

Citation

Peel J (2018). Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Botany Collection. Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0aqglb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-24.

Description

Containing around three-quarters of a million specimens, the botanical collection forms a physical record of where plants and fungi have been found. The Museum collection has grown from the mid-19th century onwards as people with a passion for the natural world have donated their personal collections. The backbone of the collection was created by merging three large private collections from James Cosmo Melvill (worldwide plants donated in 1904), Leopold Hartley Grindon (cultivated plants donated in 1910) and Charles Bailey (European plants donated in 1917). The most recent significant addition has been the collection of British brambles donated by Alan Newton in 2012.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Plantae
    rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Global coverage with emphasis in worldwide plants donated in 1904, cultivated plants donated in 1910, European plants donated in 1917, and British brambles donated in 2012.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

John Peel
originator
position: Collection Information Manager
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
GB
Telephone: 0161 235 8892
email: j.peel@manchester.gov.uk
homepage: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
John Peel
metadata author
position: Collection Information Manager
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
GB
Telephone: 0161 235 8892
email: j.peel@manchester.gov.uk
homepage: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
Rachel Webster
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Botany
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
GB
Telephone: 0161 275 2671
email: Rachel.E.Webster@manchester.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
Lindsay Loughtman
administrative point of contact
position: Curatorial Assistant (Botany)
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
GB
Telephone: 0161 275 2672
email: lindsey.loughtman@manchester.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
John Peel
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Information Manager
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
GB
Telephone: 0161 235 8892
email: j.peel@manchester.gov.uk
homepage: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
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