Australian Botanical
Australian Botanical is a collection of Australia's botanical taxonomic literature published in state, territory and national herbarium journals, made openly accessible and searchable online on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.
The collection currently comprises 550+ volumes across 20 journal titles, representing 75,000+ pages of Australia's botanical taxonomic literature. Click here to browse the entire collection by title.
Digitisation and access to these journals is a collaboration between the Australian herbaria and BHL Australia (hosted by Museums Victoria), with funding from the Atlas of Living Australia.
Importantly, the collection is growing to include all issues, from the first publications in the included journals to the most recent. Gathering all this content into a single searchable collection provides an unparalleled opportunity to search across Australia's botanical taxonomic literature, in one place.
Telopea speciosissima (the New South Wales Waratah), from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1808) Pl. 1128
Institutions currently contributing to the Australian Botanical Collection include:
Australian National Herbarium
Commonwealth of Australia, Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Queensland Herbarium
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD
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National Herbarium of New South Wales
Royal Botanic Gardens, Domain Trust, Sydney
Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the National Herbarium of New South Wales
National Herbarium of Victoria
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
See also:
- Botanic Gardens Melbourne (1852-1899) Collection: reports, catalogues, essays, notes and correspondence authored by the Directors of the Botanic Gardens Melbourne (now Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) between 1852 and 1899.
- Ferdinand von Mueller Collection: reports, essays, papers, books, catalogues and correspondence produced by Ferdinand von Mueller: Government Botanist for the Colony of Victoria from 1853; Director of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens (now Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) from 1857 to 1873; and founder of the National Herbarium of Victoria.
Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the National Herbarium of Victoria.
Northern Territory Herbarium
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State Herbarium of South Australia
Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, Adelaide
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Tasmanian Herbarium (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)
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Western Australian Herbarium
Peruse the full list of titles contributed to the BHL by the Western Australian Herbarium.