[NHCOLL-L:1067] 18th Century Herbarium On-line

[Rob Huxley]

18th Century Herbarium on-line

The Natural History Museum, London UK, has launched a new website dedicated 
to an important 18th century botanical  collection: The George Clifford 
Herbarium (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/clifford/index.html ) This 
new site, which is accompanied by background information on the collector 
and his significance, enables scientists, historians and the general public 
to view collections which are normally restricted in access due to their 
age, importance and fragility. The collection contains a high proportion of 
historically and nomenclaturally important specimens  particularly 
regarding their close association with Carl Linnaeus and the Hortus 
Cliffortianus. Accompanying databases allow the specimen images to be 
readily correlated with this work and more recent identifications. This new 
site complements three other NHM on-line botanical collections:
John Clayton's herbarium (www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/clayton )
Sir Hans Sloane Jamaican Collections 
(http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/sloane/index.htm )
Paul Hermann's Sri Lankan Collections 
(http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/hermann/index.htm ) .

Other historical collections will be available later in the year.



Dr Rob Huxley
Head of Collections Division
Department of Botany,
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK

Phone +44 (0) 207 942 5118
Fax    +44 (0) 207 942 5529
E-mail: r.huxley at nhm.ac.uk
Museum Home Page URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/hermann/index.htm
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/clayton/index.html
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/sloane/index.htm