The Herbarium Handbook

The standard reference for all botanists, herbarium managers and technicians involved with the making and maintenance of herbarium collections. Many figures and text illustrations.

The herbarium building, collections and materials; Herbarium techniques and management; Additional techniques; Colleting; The herbarium in a wider context.

The Herbarium Handbook has been an important reference for herbarium collections care and management since it was first published in 1989. This completely new edition draws on standard herbarium practices and personal experience from experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as well as contributions from partners and collaborators around the world, making it a celebration of collective knowledge. The book covers everything needed for contemporary herbarium management, from creating collections, preparing and caring for specimens and managing a herbarium building, through to public engagement and outreach, and features highlights of herbaria from around the world. Highly accessible and adaptable, this richly illustrated handbook is the essential resource and training tool for all botanists, herbarium managers and curators involved in the making and maintenance of herbarium collections.

This stunningly beautiful book throws open the closed doors of the Sydney herbaria, and the history of Australia's flora.

Herbarium. Botanic garden. Botanical collection. Herbarium methods. Taxonomic literature. Phytography (description of plants). Botanical keys, their use and construction. Botanical nomenclature and type concept. Planning, preparation and publication of scientific papers. Abreviations. Centres of Taxonomic work in India.