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Description: | A collection of botanical specimens which collectively form the University of Dundee Herbarium, acquired from around the world but with a particular focus on local material from Angus and other parts of Tayside. The Herbarium was begun at University College Dundee by D'Arcy Thompson (professor of biology) and Patrick Geddes (professor of botany) although very few specimens from their time still survive. Most were acquired from the 1940s onwards. Most take the form of individual specimens on separate sheets kept in taxonomic order within folders. Some are pressed into books, some loose and a small number in spirit. At the time of writing there are around 8,500 catalogue entries for the collection, but since most of these refer to multiple specimens there must be at least 30,000 individual specimens, probably many more. | Format: | microscope slides book and spirit) plant specimens (loose sheet | Subjects: | Natural History Botany | Source: | University of Dundee | Address: | 5-7 Hawkhill Place,
DD1 4HN | Creator: | William Gardiner, Robert Corstorphine, Margeret Corstorphine nee Buncle, Arbroath Horticultural & Natural History Society, Dr Hugh Ingram, Mrs P Jaffrey, Dr Robert Alexander Taylor, George Dickie, James L Colville, Ellis Crapper, Tom Corby, Joan Sutherland and others | Contributor: | Acquired by University College Dundee / Queen's College Dundee / University of Dundee from at least 1895. Accessioned by Museum Services from 1997. | Identifier: | DUNUC-CLD060 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | DUNUC-CLD000 | Format: | microscope slides book and spirit) plant specimens (loose sheet |
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