P005217 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2012-07-10 human Christine Moje updated 2026-05-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005217b.htm corporateBody The University of Melbourne Herbarium School of Botany, The University of Melbourne AACR2 1926 Start Place Parkville, Victoria, Australia Location The University of Melbourne Herbarium, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne Conservation or Environment Herbarium Collection Management Plant Science The University of Melbourne Herbarium serves as a teaching and research collection. The collection contains approximately 100,000 specimens, comprising all major plant groups including fungi, mosses, liverworts, lichens, algae, ferns, gymnosperms and flowering plants. At 2019 the Herbarium also included the specimen collections from Burnley College and the Victorian School of Forestry. Australasian Virtual Herbarium (c. 2001 - ) Victorian School of Forestry (1910 - 1973)

In 2019 the Schools herbarium was incorporated inth the University's Herbarium

 Williamson, Herbert Bennett (1860 - 1931)

Honorary keeper of the Herbarium 1929 - 1931

 Scott, George Anderson Macdonald (1933 - 1998)

The Herbarium hold over 4,500 of Scott's specimens

 Swart, Haring Johannes (1922 - 1993)

Swart's fungal specimens are in the Herbarium

 School of Botany, The University of Melbourne (1880s - )

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 'The University of Melbourne Herbarium', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology The University of Melbourne Herbarium Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: History of the herbarium, School of Botany, University of Melbourne Clarke, I.C. History of the herbarium, School of Botany, University of Melbourne Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society Inc. 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 13-22 Journal Article: The University of Melbourne Herbarium, from McCoy to MELU: a broken paper-trail Gillbank, Linden The University of Melbourne Herbarium, from McCoy to MELU: a broken paper-trail 2007 University of Melbourne Collections 1 20-8 Journal Article: Exhibiting the History of The University of Melbourne Herbarium (MELU) Middleton, Nicole Exhibiting the History of The University of Melbourne Herbarium (MELU) 2008 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 136 22-4 Journal Article: George Anderson Macdonald Scott B.Sc., Ph.D., B.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. (1933-1998) Watson, E. V. George Anderson Macdonald Scott B.Sc., Ph.D., B.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. (1933-1998) 1999 Journal of Bryology 21 2 165-6 Resource: Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G Resources of Australian Herbaria [online] Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 2002