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{{Short description|Herbarium for Western Australian flora}}
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The '''Western Australian Herbarium''' is the State [[Herbarium]] in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. It is part of the [[Government of Western Australia|State government]]'s [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]], and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the [[flora of Western Australia]].<ref name="Herbarium home page">{{cite web | title = Western Australian Herbarium | url = http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/herbarium/ | publisher = [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]], Government of Western Australia | accessdate = 2006-08-08}}</ref>
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The '''Western Australian Herbarium''' is the State [[Herbarium]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia.


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It is part of the [[Government of Western Australia|State government]]'s [[Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia)|Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions]], and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the [[flora of Western Australia]].<ref name="Herbarium home page">{{cite web | title = Western Australian Herbarium | url = http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/herbarium/ | publisher = [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]], Government of Western Australia | access-date = 2006-08-08}}</ref>
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The Herbarium is linked to the Regional Herbaria Network – which links approximately 84 regional community groups which have local reference collections.
It has the [[Index Herbariorum code]] of '''PERTH'''.<ref name=index/>

The Hebarium forms part of the [[Australasian Virtual Herbarium]].

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The Herbarium is linked to the Western Australian 'Regional Herbaria Network' – which links approximately 84 regional community groups which have local reference collections.


In 2000, with the [[Wildflower Society of Western Australia]] and the [[Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority]] it published ''[[The Western Australian Flora – A Descriptive Catalogue]]''.
In 2000, with the [[Wildflower Society of Western Australia]] and the [[Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority]] it published ''[[The Western Australian Flora – A Descriptive Catalogue]]''.


==History==
==History==
The Herbarium was formed as the amalgamation of three separate government department herbaria: those of the [[Western Australian Museum]], the [[Department of Agriculture (Western Australia)|Department of Agriculture]], and the "forest herbarium" maintained by the [[Forests Department (Western Australia)|Conservator of Forests]]. The first of these was formed by [[Bernard Henry Woodward]], Director of the Museum and Art Gallery, probably around 1895; the second was probably formed with the appointment of [[Alexander Morrison (botanist)|Alexander Morrison]] as botanist to the Department of Agriculture in 1897. In 1906 the Department of Agriculture handed its herbarium over to the Museum, but reclaimed it in 1911. The "forest herbarium" commenced in 1916. Around 1928, the Government took the decision to amalgamate the three into a single State Herbarium, to be managed by the Department of Agriculture. The "forest herbarium" was handed over more or less immediately, but the Museum was opposed to the merger, and did not finally hand over its specimens until around 1959. In 1988 departmental responsibility was shifted from the Department of Agriculture to the [[Department of Conservation and Land Management]] (now the [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]]).<ref name="Green 1990">{{cite book | author = Green, J. W. | chapter = History of early Western Australian herbaria | pages = 23–27 | editor = Short, P. S. | title = History of systematic botany in Australasia | publisher = Australian Systematic Botany Society | isbn = 0-7316-8463-X}}</ref>
The Herbarium was formed as the amalgamation of three separate government department herbaria: those of the [[Western Australian Museum]], the [[Department of Agriculture (Western Australia)|Department of Agriculture]], and the "forest herbarium" maintained by the [[Forests Department (Western Australia)|Conservator of Forests]].<ref>Marchant, Neville (2005) ''Documenting a flora: a History of the Western Australian Herbarium and its Collections'', Early Days: Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, vol. 12, 2005, pp. 566-83</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Underwood, Roger (Roger John) | author2=Western Australia. Department of Environment and Conservation | author3=Underwood, Roger | title=A botanical journey : the story of the Western Australian Herbarium | publication-date=2011 | publisher=Dept. of Environment and conservation | isbn=978-1-921703-12-6}}</ref> The first of these was formed by [[Bernard Henry Woodward]], Director of the Museum and Art Gallery, probably around 1895; the second was probably formed with the appointment of [[Alexander Morrison (botanist)|Alexander Morrison]] as botanist to the Department of Agriculture in 1897. In 1906 the Department of Agriculture handed its herbarium over to the Museum, but reclaimed it in 1911. The "forest herbarium" commenced in 1916. Around 1928, the Government decided to amalgamate the three into a single State Herbarium, to be managed by the Department of Agriculture. The "forest herbarium" was handed over more or less immediately, but the Museum was opposed to the merger, and did not finally hand over its specimens until around 1959. In 1988 departmental responsibility was shifted from the Department of Agriculture to the [[Department of Conservation and Land Management]], the [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]],<ref name="Green 1990">{{cite book | author = Green, J. W. | chapter = History of early Western Australian herbaria | pages = 23–27 | editor = Short, P. S. | title = History of systematic botany in Australasia | publisher = Australian Systematic Botany Society | isbn = 0-7316-8463-X}}</ref> and now the [[Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia)|Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions]].

== Contributors ==

Significant contributors include:

* [[Alex George (botanist)|Alex George]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre for Transformative Innovation |first=Swinburne University of Technology |title=George, Alexander Segger - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation |url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005335b.htm |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.eoas.info |language=en-gb}}</ref>
* Arthur Weston<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre for Transformative Innovation |first=Swinburne University of Technology |title=Weston, Arthur - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation |url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006565b.htm |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.eoas.info |language=en-gb}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*''[[FloraBase]] – the Western Australian Flora''
*''[[FloraBase]] – the Western Australian Flora''


==Publication==
==Publications==

* Kingia<ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Department of Agriculture | author2=Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management | author3=Western Australian Herbarium | title=Kingia | publication-date=1988 | publisher=Western Australian Herbarium, Dept. of Agriculture | issn=0819-1247}}</ref>
* [[Nuytsia (journal)|''Nuytsia'' (journal)]]
* [[Nuytsia (journal)|''Nuytsia'' (journal)]]
* Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes 1978-1986<ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australian Herbarium | author2=Western Australia. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions | title=Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes | publication-date=1978 | publisher=Western Australian Herbarium | issn=0155-7165}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
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<ref name=index>[http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-list/?NamOrganisationAcronym=PERTH PERTH: Index herbariorum code for the Western Australian Herbarium]. Retrieved 24 July 2019.</ref>
}}


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The Western Australian Herbarium is the State Herbarium in Perth, Western Australia.

It is part of the State government's Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Australia.[1] It has the Index Herbariorum code of PERTH.[2]

The Hebarium forms part of the Australasian Virtual Herbarium.

The Herbarium is linked to the Western Australian 'Regional Herbaria Network' – which links approximately 84 regional community groups which have local reference collections.

In 2000, with the Wildflower Society of Western Australia and the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority it published The Western Australian Flora – A Descriptive Catalogue.

History

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The Herbarium was formed as the amalgamation of three separate government department herbaria: those of the Western Australian Museum, the Department of Agriculture, and the "forest herbarium" maintained by the Conservator of Forests.[3][4] The first of these was formed by Bernard Henry Woodward, Director of the Museum and Art Gallery, probably around 1895; the second was probably formed with the appointment of Alexander Morrison as botanist to the Department of Agriculture in 1897. In 1906 the Department of Agriculture handed its herbarium over to the Museum, but reclaimed it in 1911. The "forest herbarium" commenced in 1916. Around 1928, the Government decided to amalgamate the three into a single State Herbarium, to be managed by the Department of Agriculture. The "forest herbarium" was handed over more or less immediately, but the Museum was opposed to the merger, and did not finally hand over its specimens until around 1959. In 1988 departmental responsibility was shifted from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Conservation and Land Management, the Department of Parks and Wildlife,[5] and now the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

Contributors

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Significant contributors include:

See also

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Publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Western Australian Herbarium". Department of Parks and Wildlife, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
  2. ^ PERTH: Index herbariorum code for the Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ Marchant, Neville (2005) Documenting a flora: a History of the Western Australian Herbarium and its Collections, Early Days: Journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, vol. 12, 2005, pp. 566-83
  4. ^ Underwood, Roger (Roger John); Western Australia. Department of Environment and Conservation; Underwood, Roger (2011), A botanical journey : the story of the Western Australian Herbarium, Dept. of Environment and conservation, ISBN 978-1-921703-12-6
  5. ^ Green, J. W. "History of early Western Australian herbaria". In Short, P. S. (ed.). History of systematic botany in Australasia. Australian Systematic Botany Society. pp. 23–27. ISBN 0-7316-8463-X.
  6. ^ Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "George, Alexander Segger - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ^ Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Weston, Arthur - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  8. ^ Western Australia. Department of Agriculture; Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management; Western Australian Herbarium (1988), Kingia, Western Australian Herbarium, Dept. of Agriculture, ISSN 0819-1247
  9. ^ Western Australian Herbarium; Western Australia. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (1978), Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes, Western Australian Herbarium, ISSN 0155-7165
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