Listed here are the 48 currently active herbaria in Oceania, organised by herbarium code, with institution name, location and collection sizes as per Index Herbariorum.

List of active herbaria Australia Herbarium Code Institution Location Collection Size ACH National Mycology Reference Centre Adelaide, South Australia 2,000 AD State Herbarium of South Australia Adelaide, South Australia 1,040,000 BRI Queensland Herbarium Brisbane, Queensland 871,571 BRIP Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Brisbane, Queensland 100,000 CANB Australian National Herbarium Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 1,204,426 CFSHB North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 20,000 CNS Australian Tropical Herbarium Cairns, Queensland 195,000 DAR NSW Plant Pathology and Mycology Herbarium Orange, New South Wales 115,000 DMHN The University of Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales 10,644 DNA Department for Environment and Water Palmerston, Northern Territory 255,000 DNAP Department of Primary Industry and Resources Darwin, Northern Territory 4,000 ECU Edith Cowan University Joondalup, Western Australia 10,000 ERBG Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden Batemans Bay, New South Wales 14,261 GAUBA Australian National University Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 25,000 HO Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Sandy Bay, Tasmania 300,000 IBRG Macquarie University Indigenous Bioresources Research Group Sydney, New South Wales 125 JCT James Cook University Townsville, Queensland 25,800 KPBG Kings Park and Botanic Garden West Perth, Western Australia 25,000 LTB La Trobe University Bundoora, Victoria 25,000 MEL Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria South Yarra, Victoria 1,562,000 MELU University of Melbourne Herbarium Parkville, Victoria 150,000 MQU Macquarie University North Ryde, New South Wales 13,000 MURU Murdoch University Murdoch, Western Australia 7,000 NE University of New England Armidale, New South Wales 65,000 NSW Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust Sydney, New South Wales 1,425,000 NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alice Springs, Northern Territory 65,000 PERTH Western Australian Herbarium Kensington, Western Australia 807,340 PHARM Southern Cross University Lismore, New South Wales 6,500 SYD University of Sydney Sydney, New South Wales 60,000 UNSW University of New South Wales Kensington, New South Wales 61,000 UWA University of Western Australia Crawley, Western Australia 13,000 VPRI Victoria State Government Bundoora, Victoria 42,000 WAC Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development South Perth, Western Australia 5,800 WOLL University of Wollongong Wollongong, New South Wales 7000

New Zealand + Herbarium Code Institution Location Collection Size AK Auckland War Memorial Museum Auckland 350,000 CANU University of Canterbury Christchurch 41,000 CHBG Christchurch Botanic Gardens Christchurch 8,500 CHR Allan Herbarium Lincoln 700,000 LINC Lincoln University Lincoln 10,000 MPN Massey University Palmerston North 30,500 NZFRI Scion (Crown Research Institute) Rotorua 37,000 NZFRIM Scion (Crown Research Institute) — Fungi Bay of Plenty 11,000 OTA Otago Regional Herbarium (University of Otago) Dunedin 70,000 PDD Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (Fungi) Auckland 104,000 UNITEC Unitec Institute of Technology Auckland 10,120 WAIK University of Waikato Hamilton 17,000 WELT Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington 293,000

Elsewhere in Oceania

+ Herbarium Code Institution Location Collection Size SUVA South Pacific Regional Herbarium and Biodiversity Centre (University of the South Pacific) Suva, Fiji 40,000

Oceania's largest herbaria based on collection size The ten largest herbaria in Oceania, based on total collection size are:

+ Collection Size Herbarium Code Institution Location 1,562,000Thiers, 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 27 August 2020) MEL Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria South Yarra, Victoria 1,425,000Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). National Herbarium of New South Wales Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: NSW Collections Summary (accessed 27 August 2020) NSW Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust Sydney, New South Wales 1,204,426Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). Australian National Herbarium Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: CANB Collections Summary (accessed 27 August 2020) CANB Australian National Herbarium Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 1,040,000Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). State Herbarium of South Australia Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: AD Collections Summary (accessed 27 August 2020) AD State Herbarium of South Australia Adelaide, South Australia 871,571Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). Queensland Herbarium Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: BRI Collections Summary (accessed 27 August 2020) BRI Queensland Herbarium Brisbane, Queensland 807,340Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). Western Australian Herbarium Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: PERTH Collections Summary (accessed 27 August 2020) PERTH Western Australian Herbarium Kensington, Western Australia 700,000Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: CHR Collections Summary (accessed 23 November 2020) CHR Allan Herbarium Lincoln, New Zealand 350,000Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). Manaaki Whenua - Auckland War Memorial Museum Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: AK Collections Summary (accessed 23 November 2020) AK Auckland War Memorial Museum Auckland, New Zealand 300,000Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: HO Collections Summary (accessed 23 November 2020) HO Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Sandy Bay, Tasmania 293,000Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: WELT Collections Summary (accessed 23 November 2020) WELT Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington, New Zealand

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