Herbarium Collection

Sir Joseph Banks herbarium and library at Soho Square
Sir Joseph Banks herbarium and part library in his house at 32 Soho Square, London. It remained there until 1827 when it was moved to the British Museum at Montagu House

Phragmites australis (Cav. ), common reed
A herbarium sheet containing Phragmites australis (Cav.), a common reed which grows in wetlands throughout the America, Europe and parts of Asia. This specimen is from Panama

A Selection of Museum Specimens
Specimens here include an Entomological tray of insect from the order Orthoptera, a herbarium sheet from Cooks first voyage collected in New South Wales, Australia in 1770 and fish specimens

Syringa tomentella. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Collected near Newbury, Berks 1952

Paeonia humilis. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Cultivated at Boxford Suffolk by Miss Jenny Robinson. Source probably South of France

Fran Kern with herbarium specimen
Fran Kern a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is Nymphaea candida C. Presl, candid water lily collected in Sweden

Dendroligotrichum dendroides
Moss specimen collected by Darwin on Tierra del Fuego in 1833

General Herbarium, Darwin Centre
A photograph of the General Herbarium in the Darwin Centre, showing examples of specimens from the collection. Photographed by Kevin Webb, May 2011

Cetraria islandica, lichen
A cut-out of a branching lichen specimen held in the crypt herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

32 Soho Square
Engraving from the Banks Archive at the Natural History Museum, London. 32 Soho Square was the residence and Herbarium of Sir Joseph Banks, an English naturalist and botanist

The Cryptogamic Herbarium
Part of the Department of Botany at the Natural History Museum, London

The General Herbarium
View looking east along the present day herbarium in the Botany Department at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed in 1970

Theobroma cacao, cacao tree
A specimen from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. The seeds of this plant - cocoa, are the source of chocolate

Viburnum opulus L. guelder rose
Viburnum opulus L. a member of the Caprifoliaceae family, cited by Linnaeus under his description of that name in Species Plantarum in 1753

Coffea arabica Linnaeus, Coffee
Specimen from The George Clifford Herbarium

Herbarium sheets laid out in the General Herbarium of the Natural History Museum, London

Virginia Locus Tree
Plate 10 from Sir Hans Sloanes Hortus Siccus. Fol. 3. Vol. 180. Part of the botanical collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen
Lichen shown in its herbarium packet from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Some lichens look virtually the same as dried specimens as in the field

Lawson plant specimens
Part of the plant collection attributed to John Lawson, collected in Carolina in 1710. Specimens held in the Sloane Herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver nudicaule L, arctic poppy
Papaver nudicaule L. var. rubro-aurantiacum Fisch. Ex DC. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium, collected in Russia, 1948

Papaver rhoeas L, corn poppy. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Seed from Poland, plant collected in 1952

Alcaea pallida

Paeonia veitchii, veitchii peony
Dried specimen of Paeonia veitchii, veitchii peony stored in the museum herbarium, plant collected in 1945

Syringa pubescens turez. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium

Syringa vulgaris, lilac. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium

Paeonia corallina. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Origin Steep Aohimes, cultivated at Sedbury. Collected 21.5.06

Helianthus ovatus lehm. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Collected 5th September 1835

Papaver rhoeas L, common poppy. Collected on the 31 August 1983. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Papaver rhoeas, shirley poppy, double mixed. Cultivated at Threshelfords, Kelvedon, Essex. Collected on the 23 July 1981. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Hibiscus schizopetalus, Japanese lanterns. A dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Hydrangea villosa hidcote. Dried specimen taken from the museums herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974. No 1081

Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Presented by Colonel R Meinertzhagen, 1950

Tulipa greigii, red hiding hood tulip. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. 22.iv.1902

Hydrangea preziosa. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Date 20.viii.1974, No 1047. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, England

Hydrangea macrophylla Tricolor, bigleaf hydrangea. Cultivated plants from Hilliers Arboretum, Ampfield, Hampshire, England. Collected by (BM)NH staff. Date 20.viii.1974 No. 1048

Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
Portrait painting of Sir Hans Sloane, an eminent physician and naturalist who bequeathed his collections and library to the nation in 1753. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

Chorda filum, seaweed
Herbarium sheet from the collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Scientist working in herbarium
Botanist annotating herbarium specimen sheet at the Natural History Museum, London

Curator working in Botany Department
Curator preparing herbarium specimen sheet for collection at The Natural History Museum, London

Acrocomia spinosa, macca fat palm
Illustration depicting the leaf of a macca fat palm from the verso on page 53, volume 7 of the Hans Sloane collection. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Botanical specimens stored in the herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Leonotis leonurus, Lions tail
A specimen of Lions tail (Leonotis leonurus) from George Cliffords herbarium

Himalayan species of Jasmin
A type specimen is the material used to make the first scientific description of a species. From the botanical collection at the Natural Histroy Museum, London

Banksia dentata and herbarium specimens
Held in Sir Joseph Banks original cabinets installed in the present day herbarium of the Botany Department at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Carys Wolinsky

Page 217 from Herbarium (1532) by Otto Brunfels
Herbarum vivae eiconeb (1532) by Otto Brunfels (1488-1534). Illustrations by Hans Weiditz the Younger (1495 Freiburg im Breisgau - c1537 Bern). Tom I, 2nd edition

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