Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria

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rdf:langString Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) is an association of the leaders of herbaria in Australia and New Zealand. It is governed by a constitution. It endorses the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Australian Plant Census, which is the source for accepted names of species and, in particular, for accepted names of Australasian species. It supports the Australian Plant Name Index. CHAH is incorporated in the A.C.T. and is an Australian registered business with ABN 31 496 409 479. Membership of CHAH consists of the heads of the following herbaria: * State Herbarium of South Australia, Adelaide * Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane * Australian National Herbarium, Canberra * , Cairns * Tasmanian Herbarium, Hobart * National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne * National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney * , Darwin * Western Australian Herbarium, Perth * , NZ * Te Papa Herbaria, Wellington, NZ * Auckland Museum Herbarium There are a further two council members: one to represent the constituent collections of the National Collection of Fungi;and another to represent Australian university herbaria. The council also invites observers to participate. As of 14 September 2018 there are observers from: * (LAE) * (CHAFC) * (CAMD) * Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) * (CHABG)