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The Australian Tropical Herbarium

a new herbarium for Australia

The Herbarium brings together three plant collections from north Queensland

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Located in the new ATFI building at James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland
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Atherton (CPBR/CSIRO)
135,000+ specimens

 

Townsville (JCU)
21,000+ specimens

 

Mareeba (EPA)
8,000+ specimens


Facilities will include

Specimen collection

 

Public Reference Herbarium

 

Molecular laboratory
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Spirit specimens

 

Dried specimens

 
 
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Personnel at the Herbarium include...
  • Taxonomists
  • Ecologists
  • Curator
  • Molecular biologists
  • Technicians
  • Students
  • Volunteers
  • Botanists

Find out more...

 

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Updated 22 September, 2010 , webmaster, CANBR (canbr-info@anbg.gov.au)