Description

Primarily a teaching (reference) and research collection. The Herbarium houses voucher collections from departmental taxonomic, ecological and other research.

A part of GAUBA's collection is now in the Australian National Herbarium (CANB).

Statistics taken (September 2010) from:

http://www.chah.gov.au/chah/resources/herbaria/gau.html (CHAH Last updated: June 2010)

The collection was established in 1961 and continues to the present.

Taxonomic range

Teaching, research, reference.

Kingdoms covered include: Fungi and Plantae.

Geographic range

Australia, especially ACT and NSW

Australian states covered include: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales.

Number of specimens in the collection

The estimated number of specimens in the Gauba Herbarium is 26,900.

Click the Records & Statistics tab to access those database records that are available through the atlas.

Sub-collections

The Gauba Herbarium contains these significant collections:

• Significant Historical Collection - Erwin Gauba
• Significant Historical Collection - Lindsay Pryor

last updated: 2010-09-29 16:52:41.0