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Description: | Content of collection: Angiospermae.
The Antarctic Collection of Higher Plants contains 28 sheets of specimens collected on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition in 1922 and 30 sheets of specimens collected during a British Antarctic Survey in 1967. The presence of 'Geo. H.W' on labels attached to sheets containing the Shackleton-Rowett specimens suggests that Sir George Hubert Wilkins collected these specimens. Wilkins was an Australian biologist and he was the geographer on this trip; the last trip for Ernest Shackleton, who died on board. R.I. Lewis Smith collected the 1967 specimens. Amongst the specimens are Anagallis arvensis, Aizoon canariense, Calliandra portoricensis and Tribulus cistoides. Shackleton-Rowett Expedition specimens were mainly collected in St. Vincent Island but also Gaugh Island and St. Helena Island. The British Antarctic Survey specimens were collected in South Georgia. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDUH:CLD04 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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