Auckland Museum Botany Collection
Citation
Ranatunga D, Hoare B (2024). Auckland Museum Botany Collection. Version 1.96. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mnjkvv accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
The botanical collections of the Auckland Museum Herbarium were first established in 1870, about 18 years after the Museum was founded. The Museum's Herbarium holds over 350,000 botanical specimens, including 200,000 angiosperms, 5,000 gymnosperms, 30,000 pteridophytes, 26,000 mosses, 17,600 liverworts, 27,000 algae, 28,600 lichens, and 1,000 timber samples.Sampling Description
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New Zealand -179.14
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Contacts
Dhahara Ranatungaoriginator
position: Collection Manager, Botany
Auckland Museum
Auckland
NZ
email: dranatunga@aucklandmuseum.com
Brodie Hoare
metadata author
position: Online Collections Data Analyst
Auckland Museum
NZ
email: bjhoare@aucklandmuseum.com
Dhahara Ranatunga
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager, Botany
Auckland Museum
The Domain
Auckland
NZ
email: dranatunga@aucklandmuseum.com