UK-RBGE Passport Collections

Identification and description

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Outstanding collection features

The RBGE Library and Archives is a unique resource, providing researchers with access to a collection of botanical and horticultural works dating back to the 15th Century. In addition to the published works the collection includes nursery catalogues, index seminum and manuscript material (correspondence, field books, photographs, etc.) relating to the scientific research and collecting activity that has been undertaken at the Garden throughout its history.

Herbarium A key aspect of RBGE's work is establishing 'which species grow where'. The Herbarium at RBGE is the best collection of Scottish plants in the world. These specimens are reference points for taxonomic, identification and distributional studies and also provide base-line data to underpin conservation projects.

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Genetic repositories

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	N/A – Not since 1963-64.

Size and importance of living collections

224 Families
2,698 Genera
13,420 Species
34,632 Accessions
175,000 Plants

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LIFE SCIENCES (Zoology, Biology, Botany, Mycology,…)


	Typology	Primary types	Individual specimens/objects	% registered cards	% recorded cards in database
2.1	Botany		2600000		33
2.2	Mycology		400000		17

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Library

Library As well as being a world-class repository of international botanical information, the Library at RBGE represents a specialised bibliographic resource relating to Scottish plant biodiversity. This ranges from all published local floras in Scotland, journals dedicated to plants in Scotland such as the Botanical Journal of Scotland, and many hundreds of unpublished reports on Scottish biodiversity.

Books: 60,000 items,
Journals: 4,200 titles (approximately 150,000 volumes),
Original art: 40,000 items,
Photographic slides: 60,000 items,
Microform: 500 titles.
Reprints 30,000 items

Archives

In addition we hold historically important archive material pertaining to Scottish plants, including phenological data and the archives of the Botanical Society of Scotland, the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club and the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland. Images A large collection of photographs of Scottish plants is housed at RBGE and includes images of native higher plants, bryophytes, fungi, lichens and algae as well as more general habitat photographs. Visit the image collections web page for more information.

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