Resources of Australian HerbariaCompiled by K.J.Cowley & J.G.West on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) |
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updated July 2013
HERBARIUM CODE: |
PERTH |
CITES number: |
AU014 |
HERBARIUM NAME: |
Western Australian Herbarium. |
DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION: |
Department of Parks and Wildlife |
CONTACT DETAILS |
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Street Address: | WA Conservation Science Centre, 17 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington |
Postal Address: | Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre |
City: |
Perth |
State: |
Western Australia. |
Postcode: |
6983 |
Telephone: |
(08) 9219 8000 |
Facsimile: |
(08) 9334 0327 |
Email: |
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Web site: | http://dpaw.wa.gov.au/plants-and-animals/wa-herbarium |
Location: |
WA Conservation Science Centre, 17 Dick Perry Avenue, Technology Park (Western Precinct), Kensington |
AUTHORITY/STATUS: |
Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife |
ACCESS: |
8.30 am – 4.30 pm weekdays. Reference Herbarium (with 11,000 taxa represented) available to the public; access to the Research Collection by appointment only. |
ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION: |
- |
FOUNDATION: |
1929 |
FUNCTIONS: |
Taxonomic Research, Biological Inventory and Conservation. |
GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE: |
Western Australia. |
TAXONOMIC SCOPE: |
Vascular flora, algae, fungi, bryophytes, lichens and myxomycetes. |
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NUMBER OF SPECIMENS: |
Total |
Types |
Angiosperms |
645,029 |
7,940 |
Dicots |
535,110 |
6,874 |
Monocots |
109,919 |
1,066 |
Gymnosperms |
1,996 |
28 |
Pteridophytes |
3,588 |
8 |
Mosses |
6,562 |
3 |
Liverworts |
1,941 |
1 |
Lichens |
15,850 |
83 |
Fungi |
23,474 |
113 |
Algae |
22,775 |
28 |
Fossils |
30 |
30 |
Wood Samples |
153 |
3 |
Accessioned |
721,215 |
8,204 |
Unaccessioned |
25,000 |
0 |
Database Name: |
WAHERB |
Database Description: |
The Western Australian Herbarium Specimen database (WAHERB) is implemented in a TEXPRESS database system (KE Software) and hosted on a Solaris server. |
Number of Specimen Records: |
721,215 |
Access: |
Restricted to bona fide researchers; available by registration in FloraBase. |
Email and Internet: |
herbarium@dpaw.wa.gov.au http://dpaw.wa.gov.au/plants-and-animals/wa-herbarium |
Status: |
Active - commenced in 1985, backlog completed 1994, maintained daily, an average of 20000 specimens added per annum. |
Database Name: |
WACENSUS |
Database Description: |
The Census of Western Australian Plants database (WACENSUS) is implemented in an ORACLE database environment. |
Number of Specimen Records: |
25,436 |
Access: |
Generally available via FloraBase, or as a master list within the MAX electronic collecting book |
Email and Internet: |
herbarium@dpaw.wa.gov.au |
Status: | Active - commenced in 1990, maintained daily. |
Significant Historical Collections: |
C.R.P. Andrews, W.E. Blackall, W.V. Fitzgerald, C.A.Gardner, E. Pritzel |
Significant Special Collections: |
B.T.Goadby, A. Morrison, R.D. Royce, A.S. George. |
Ancillary Collections: |
Spirit Collection, Carpological Collection, Algae of CSIRO, MURU, UWA; Fungi of the Perth Urban Bushland, Reference Herbarium, 60 Regional Herbaria. |
Photographic Collections: |
Assorted Western Australian taxa, digitally stored - low-resolution versions accessible through FloraBase. |
Botanical Library: |
No. journal titles: 398 (151 current) |
Director / Curator:: |
Kevin Thiele |
Collections Manager: |
Karina Knight |
Chief Botanist: |
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Taxonomists: |
Neale Bougher (macrofungi); Ryonen Butcher (Synaphea, Sphaerolobium, Elaeocarpaceae, editor of Nuytsia); Alex R. Chapman (Ericaceae, bioinformatics, editor of Nuytsia); Ray J. Cranfield (Ericaceae; Brachyloma, Conostephium; cryptogams, esp. lichens); John Huisman (marine algae); Nicholas S. Lander (Asteraceae, Malvaceae, bioinformatics); Terry D. Macfarlane (Colchicaceae, Dasypogonaceae, Haemodoraceae, Papilionaceae, Poaceae, taxonomic databases and information systems, editor of Nuytsia); Bruce R. Maslin (Taxonomy and utilisation of Acacia, Mimosaceae, information systems); Barbara L. Rye (Myrtaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Rhamnaceae, Lamiaceae, various conservation taxa; editor of Nuytsia); Kelly A. Shepherd (Chenopodiaceae subfamily Salicornioideae; editor of Nuytsia); Kevin Thiele (Banksia, Rhamnaceae, Viola, bioinformatics, scientific editor of Nuytsia); Juliet Wege (Stylidium, managing editor of Nuytsia); Carol Wilkins (Lasiopetaleae (Malvaceae), Jacksonia, Gompholobium, Eutaxia) |
Threatened Flora Seed Centre: | Anne Cochrane; Andrew Crawford; Simone Dudley, Anne Monaghan |
Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists: |
Margaret Byrne (molecular genetics and systematics); Dave Coates (flora recovery and conservation, Stylidium ); Neil Gibson (biological survey); Greg Keighery (biological survey); Michael Lyons (biological survey); Colin Yates, (conservation ecology); Stephen van Leeuwen (biological survey) |
Technical Officers: |
Louise Biggs (curation, bryophytes); Skye Coffey (curation); Rob Davis (id botanist; Ptilotus); Steve Dillon (id botanist); Meriel Falconer (curation); Mike Hislop (identifications botanist; Leucopogon); Johan Hurter (id botanist; cycads); Beng Siew Mahon (librarian); Evelyn McGough (curation); Cheryl Parker (curation, APC); Andrew Perkins (identifications botanist); Julia Percy-Bower (curation); Rosemarie Rees (curation); Phil Spencer (curation) |
IT Staff (research & development): |
Ben Richardson (bioinformatics, data standards, manager of FloraBase) |
Database Manager: |
Sue Carroll, WAHERB, WACENSUS |
Volunteers: |
45 |
Associates: |
Una Bell (Poaceae); Margaret Brims (slime moulds); Chris Hollister (electronic keys for Proteaceae and Goodeniaceae); Kevin Kenneally (Kimberley flora); Margaret Lewington (historical collections); Malcolm Trudgen (Myrtaceae, Baeckea, Pilbara flora); Alex Williams (Poaceae); Paul G. Wilson (Rutaceae, Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae) |
Taxonomic: |
Matthew Barrett (Chamelaucieae, Kimberley flora); Russell Barrett (Calectasia, Lepidosperma, Kimberly flora); Andrew Brown (Orchidaceae, Eremophila); Elaine Davison (fungi); Malcolm E. French (Eucalyptus); Alex S. George (Proteaceae, Myrtaceae, various other taxa); Roger Hearn (bryophytes); Fred & Jean Hort (survey, priority flora); Kevin F. Kenneally (Stylidium); Kristina Lemson (Andersonia, Sphenotoma); Allen Lowrie (Drosera, Stylidium); Neville Marchant (Agonis, Darwinia, Taxandria); Dean Nicolle (Eucalyptus); Frank Obbens (Calandrinia); Richard Robinson (larger fungi pathogenic and wood decay fungi); Leigh Sage (Goodeniaceae); Tony Start (mistletoes); Cate Tauss (Cyperaceae) |
Relating to the Collection: |
Nuytsia - http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/nuytsia |
Relating to the Herbarium: |
The Western Australian Herbarium -
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Relating to the Flora: |
FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora - Flora of the Perth Region; Flora of the Kimberley Region; Flora of the South West, The Western Australian Flora - a descriptive catalogue |
Notes: |
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