State Botanical Collection of Victoria

The State Botanical Collection of Victoria, usually referred to simply as the "State Botanical Collection", is the single largest herbarium collection in Australia and wider Oceania^[1].

The collection, which includes 1.5 million preserved plants, algae and fungi, is housed in the National Herbarium of Victoria, located at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Melbourne site. It also includes Australia's most comprehensive botanical library.^[2]

^ Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). National Herbarium of Victoria Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: MEL Collections Summary (accessed 21 August 2020)
^ "National Herbarium of Victoria State Botanical Collection at the National Herbarium". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[collectionsize-1] Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). National Herbarium of Victoria Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: MEL Collections Summary (accessed 21 August 2020)

[2] "National Herbarium of Victoria State Botanical Collection at the National Herbarium". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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