Fielding-Druce Herbarium

rdf:langString Fielding-Druce Herbarium

rdf:langString Fielding-Druce Herbarium

rdf:langString South Parks Road, Oxford

rdf:langString England

rdf:langString Collection of about 1,000,000 botanic specimens, of which there are at least 35,000 types.

rdf:langString Dr. Stephen Harris

rdf:langString Fielding-Druce Herbarium, part of the Department of Biology, University of Oxford, located on South Parks Road, in Oxford, England. A herbarium is a collection of herbarium sheets, with a dried pressed specimen of the botanic species, whether they were bound into a book by one dedicated individual, or have been amassed into huge collections. They are like plant ID cards. As paper was expensive, multiple specimens are normally mounted on one sheet.The 2 cores of the Herbarium collection, are bequeathed to the University from Henry Fielding (1805-1851) containing a non-British and Irish collection. It also covers most taxonomic groups and geographical areas. It is particularly rich in nineteenth century material from the Americas and south and south east Asia. The other core a British and Irish collection from George Claridge Druce (1850-1932) in 1932, this is particularly rich in specimens from Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Other collections were added later.