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Description: | This collection comprises over 10,000 mounted plant specimens collected by amateur botanists Robert Henry Corstorphine (1874-1942) and his wife Margaret (1863-1944), mostly from the Angus area. They include a variety of plant families, notably Ranuculaceae, Cruciferae, Violaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Geraniaceae, Leguminosae, Rosaceae, Onagraceae, Compositae, Polygonaceae, Salicaceae, Orchidaceae, Naiadaceae and Cyperaceae. Taking the work of William Gardiner (DUNUC CLD061) as their starting point, the Corstorphines' aim was to create a complete collection of vascular plants for Angus (vice-county 90). After Robert Corstorphine’s death in 1942, Margaret was aided by the local vice-county recorder Sir George Taylor, and in her will she requested that he continue their work after her death two years later. As it turned out, Taylor was made Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in 1956 and was unable to continue the collection. | Format: | plant specimens | Subjects: | Natural History Botany | Source: | University of Dundee | Address: | 5-7 Hawkhill Place,
DD1 4HN | Creator: | Robert Henry Corstorphine (1874-1942) and Margaret Corstorphine nee Buncle (1863-1944) | Contributor: | Gifted to University College Dundee by Sir George Taylor then transferred to the University of St Andrews, from which it was retrieved in 1966 by Dr Hugh Ingram of the University of Dundee. Accessioned by Museum Services 1997-2009. | Identifier: | DUNUC-CLD062 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | DUNUC-CLD060 | Format: | plant specimens |
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