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Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee - Herbarium

Citation

Offerhaus A, Bogers-Schipper I, van Meerten M, Creuwels J (2024). Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee - Herbarium. Version 1.10. Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/z3j5wu accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

The Zierikzee herbarium is one part of a larger garden herbarium from the Leiden Hortus botanicus, created in the first half of the 18th century. The herbarium is now part of the collection of the Stadhuismuseum in Zierikzee (Zeeland), where varying specimens are on permanent exhibition. Following the death of one of its owners in 1838, Diederica Schutter, it was transferred from Utrecht to Oosterland (Zeeland) where her next-of-kin lived and in 2008 it was gifted by her relatives to the museum. Prior to this, in 1739, the herbarium was auctioned off as part of the library of Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), professor of botany and curator of the Leiden botanical garden. Research revealed that the other part, the so-called D’Oignies herbarium, now kept in the collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, was in possession of one of its gardeners, Jakob Ligtvoet (1686-1752), who worked with curators Petrus Hotton (1648-1709), Boerhaave and Adriaan van Royen (1704-1779). Cultivating, collecting, drying, mounting and describing the specimens must have been a collaborative effort made by both curator and gardener.

The 348 specimens show a wide variety of exotic, indigenous and medicinal plant species, originating from all over the then known world, but mostly obtained from an extensive international network of botanists. Based on their presence in contemporary Leiden garden catalogues, the vast majority, including many subtropical and a few tropical species - were cultivated in the garden itself (304).

All specimens have been meticulously mounted and lovingly decorated with printed paper vases, bows and ribbons, giving the herbarium its unique appearance. After its sale consecutive owners applied various labels, re-naming the specimens according to current nomenclature or contemporary pharmacopeias, but the original herbarium would only have contained loose tags to identify the plants with. The herbarium is a testimony to the fascination with plants and the desire to study them in the period leading up to the publication of Species plantarum (Linnaeus, 1753).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

A wide variety of indigenous and medicinal plant species, originating from all over the then known world, mostly cultivated in the botanical garden.,
  1. Chenopodiaceae
    rank: family
  2. Ericaceaea
    rank: family
  3. Hypericaceae
    rank: family
  4. Lamiaceae
    rank: family
  5. Malvaceae
    rank: family
  6. Araliaceae
    rank: family
  7. Oxalidaceae
    rank: family
  8. Cannabaceae
    rank: family
  9. Melanthiaceae
    rank: family
  10. Myrtaceae
    rank: family
  11. Scrophulariaceae
    rank: family
  12. Plantaginaceae
    rank: family
  13. Sapindaceae
    rank: family
  14. Aristolochiacaea
    rank: family
  15. Acanthaceae
    rank: family
  16. Rosaceae
    rank: family
  17. Acoraceae
    rank: family
  18. Plantae
    rank: kingdom
  19. Ranunculaceae
    rank: family
  20. Equisetaceae
    rank: family
  21. Saxifragaceae
    rank: family
  22. Caprifoliceae
    rank: family
  23. Paeoniaceae
    rank: family
  24. Rutaceae
    rank: family
  25. Cyperaceae
    rank: family
  26. Polypodiaceae
    rank: family
  27. Caprifoliacaea
    rank: family
  28. Brassicacea
    rank: family
  29. Apiaceae
    rank: family
  30. Grossulariaceae
    rank: family
  31. Oleaceae
    rank: family
  32. Asparagaceae
    rank: family
  33. Cupressaceae
    rank: family
  34. Marantaceae
    rank: family
  35. Solanaceae
    rank: family
  36. Caryophyllaceae
    rank: family
  37. Pinaceae
    rank: family
  38. Papaveraceae
    rank: family
  39. Iridaceae
    rank: family
  40. Leguminosae
    rank: family
  41. Araceae
    rank: family
  42. Pteridaceae
    rank: family
  43. Polygonaceae
    rank: family
  44. Portulacaceae
    rank: family
  45. Compositae
    rank: family
  46. Ericaceae
    rank: family
  47. Poaceae
    rank: family
  48. Geraniaceae
    rank: family
  49. Brassicaceae
    rank: family
  50. Rubiaceae
    rank: family
  51. Juncaceae
    rank: family
  52. Cistaceae
    rank: family
  53. Violaceae
    rank: family
  54. Crassulaceae
    rank: family
  55. Fabaceae
    rank: family
  56. Orchidaceae
    rank: family
  57. Urticaceae
    rank: family
  58. Nymphaeaceae
    rank: family
  59. Fagaceae
    rank: family
  60. Caprifoliaceae
    rank: family
  61. Boraginaceae
    rank: family
  62. Tropaeolaceae
    rank: family
  63. Lauraceae
    rank: family
  64. Gentiananaceae
    rank: family
  65. Verbenaceae
    rank: family
  66. Berberidaceae
    rank: family
  67. Lythraceae
    rank: family
  68. Aristolochiaceae
    rank: family
  69. Adoxaceae
    rank: family
  70. Ebenaceae
    rank: family
  71. Valerianaceae
    rank: family
  72. Convolvulaceae
    rank: family
  73. Lycopodiaceae
    rank: family
  74. Primulaceae
    rank: family
  75. Aspleniaceae
    rank: family
  76. Apocynaceae
    rank: family
  77. Menyanthaceae
    rank: family
  78. Linaceae
    rank: family
  79. Ophioglossaceae
    rank: family
  80. Amaranthaceae
    rank: family
  81. Celastraceae
    rank: family
  82. Cucurbitaceae
    rank: family
  83. Athyriaceae
    rank: family
  84. Marchantiaceae
    rank: family
  85. Orobanchaceae
    rank: family
  86. Salicaceae
    rank: family
  87. Euphorbiaceae
    rank: family
  88. Palmae
    rank: family
  89. Anacardiaceae
    rank: family
  90. Brassicaceae
    rank: family
  91. Zingiberaceae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Hortus Botanicus in Leiden

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Offerhaus A, De Haas E, Porck H, Kardinaal A, Ek R, Pokorni O, van Andel T 2021. The Zierikzee Herbarium: contents and origins of an enigmatic 18th century herbarium. Blumea 66 (1): 1–52. - https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2021.66.01.01

Contacts

Aleid Offerhaus
originator
position: Guest researcher
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
PO Box 9517
Leiden
2300 RA
NL
Telephone: +31.6.25083910
email: aleida.offerhaus@naturalis.nl
homepage: https://www.naturalis.nl/wetenschap/onderzoekers/aleida-offerhaus
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0025-3855
Inge Bogers-Schipper
originator
position: Curator
Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee
Meelstraat 6-8
Zierikzee
4301 EC
Zeeland
NL
Telephone: +31.111.454464
email: info@stadhuismuseum.nl
homepage: https://www.stadhuismuseum.nl
Minke van Meerten
originator
position: Collection manager
Stadhuismuseum Zierikzee
Meelstraat 6-8
Zierikzee
4301 EC
Zeeland
NL
Telephone: +31.111.454464
email: info@stadhuismuseum.nl
homepage: https://www.stadhuismuseum.nl
Jeroen Creuwels
originator
position: Data manager
NLBIF
PO Box 9517
Leiden
NL-2300 RA
Zuid-Holland
NL
Telephone: +31.71.7519000
email: nlbif@naturalis.nl
homepage: https://www.nlbif.nl
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6131-7026
Aleid Offerhaus
metadata author
position: Guest researcher
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
PO Box 9517
Leiden
2300 RA
NL
Telephone: +31.6.25083910
email: aleida.offerhaus@naturalis.nl
homepage: https://www.naturalis.nl/wetenschap/onderzoekers/aleida-offerhaus
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0025-3855
Aleid Offerhaus
administrative point of contact
position: Guest researcher
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
PO Box 9517
Leiden
2300 RA
NL
Telephone: +31.6.25083910
email: aleida.offerhaus@naturalis.nl
homepage: https://www.naturalis.nl/wetenschap/onderzoekers/aleida-offerhaus
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0025-3855
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