New Zealand National Herbarium Network

Herbarium Details: Lincoln University Herbarium (LINC)

Bio-Protection and Ecology Division
P O Box 84
Lincoln University
Lincoln 7647
Canterbury
New Zealand

Phone: +64-3-325-3838 ext. 8147
Fax: +64-3-325-3844

Home page: Lincoln University
Bio-Protection and Ecology Division

Location

Springs Road (near Christchurch) Horticulture Teaching Lab. Room 3.

Foundation

1878

Status

State University. The herbarium is used by staff and students throughout the university (primarily horticulture, ecology, bio-protection and biosecurity, and landscape architecture) and is administered by the Bio-Protection and Ecology Division.

Functions

Primarily used in teaching, and to serve as a repository for voucher specimens and departmental research collections.

Scope of Collections

New Zealand, especially South Island, plus introduced exotic species (cultivated and naturalised)..

Number of Collections

(Numbers below are estimates)

Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
Pteridophytes
Mosses
Liverworts
Algae
Lichens
Total

9 000
320
400
240
40
50
80
10 130

Computerisation

All vascular plant vouchers were entered into a Lotus Approach Database by Roy Edwards (Lincoln University horticulturalist and past LINC curator). The database is now in FileMaker and its content is currently being updated and expanded.

Important collections

J.B. Armstrong, J.B. Burrell, J.W. Calder, A.J. Conner, K. Cooper, G.T. Daly, H.P. Donald, J. von Haast, M.A. Hamilton, F.W. Hilgendorf, T. Kirk, L.M. Ritchie, J.A. Veale.

Ancillary Collections

Staff and Research

Herbarium keeper: Jon Sullivan, sullivaj@lincoln.ac.nz, lecturer in ecology (Naturalised plants, Senecio, ecology)
Technician: Sandy Hammond, hammons@lincoln.ac.nz

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