Resources of Australian Herbaria

Compiled by K.J.Cowley & J.G.West on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH)

HERBARIUM CODE:

GAU

CITES number:

HERBARIUM NAME:

Gauba Herbarium

DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION:

Division of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University

CONTACT DETAILS
Street Address:

Daley Rd, Australian National University

Postal Address:

PO Box 4

City:

Canberra

State:

ACT

Postcode:

2601

Telephone:

(02) 6249 0774

Facsimile:

(02) 6249 5573

Email:

Barbara.Austin@anu.edu.au

Location:

Gould Building, Division of Botany and Zoology

AUTHORITY/STATUS:

University

ACCESS:

by appointment

ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION:

none

FOUNDATION:

1961

FUNCTIONS:

teaching, reference and research

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE:

Australia, especially ACT and NSW

TAXONOMIC SCOPE:

all groups, mainly Angiosperms

NUMBER OF SPECIMENS:

Total

Types

Angiosperms

-

-

Dicots

20000

9

Monocots

5000

-

Gymnosperms

150

-

Pteridophytes

400

-

Mosses

150

-

Liverworts

150

-

Lichens

800

-

Fungi

150

-

Algae

100

-

Fossils

-

-

Wood Samples

-

-

Accessioned

-

-

Unaccessioned

-

-

Status:

-

Database Name:

-

Database Description:

-

Number of Specimen Records:

-

Access:

-

Email and Internet:

-

Significant Historical Collections:

Gauba

Significant Special Collections:

-

Ancillary Collections:

-

Photographic Collections:

-

Botanical Library:

Australian Angiosperms especially NSW

Director:

-

Curator:

-

Manager:

-

Chief Botanist:

-

Taxonomists:

M.D. Crisp

Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists:

-

Technical Officers:

Barbara Austin

Volunteers:

-

Associates:

-

Taxonomic:

-

Non-Taxonomic:

-

Relating to the Collection:

-

Relating to the Herbarium:

-

Notes:

Primarily a teaching collection. Part of Gauba’s collection is now in CANB. The Herbarium also houses voucher collections from departmental taxonomic, ecological and other research.