Major seed plant collections
A specimen of old man banksia, Banksia serrata, collected and illustrated on Cook's first voyage and named in honour of Joseph Banks
One of the strengths of the Botany Department is the major seed plant collections that we hold.
Our major collections include those of:
- A.H.G. Alston
- Banks and Solander
- R. Brown - Australia
- C.B. Clarke - India
- J. Gosweiller - Angola
- F.G. Guiol - Greece
- A. Jordan - France
- A.F.G. Kerr - Thailand
- C.C. Lacaita - Italy
- G. Le Testu - tropical Africa
- Ludlow and Sherriff - the Himalayas
- T. Nuttall - North America
- K. Rechinger - Europe and west Asia
- J.D.A. Stainton - Nepal
- Fr. Sennen - southwest Europe and north Africa
- J. Sibthorp - Greece
- E. Stamatiadou - Greece
- F.M.J. Welwitsch - Angola
- A.J. Wilmott - Britain and Europe