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State Herbarium of South Australia
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Algal systematics |
The State Herbarium of South Australia is the key centre for knowledge and information on South Australia's native and naturalised plants, algae, fungi and lichens. It is an institution internationally recognised for its research and advisory role in plant systematics.
At the core of the State Herbarium's operations is its collection of dried herbarium specimens, currently numbering almost one million and growing.
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State Herbarium vault |
The State Herbarium's research staff and associates bring scientific methodologies, including modern cutting-edge technologies in molecular biology and microscopy, to bear on a wide range of botanical areas in order to generate information at different levels of biological organisation (genes, populations, species, higher taxa, communities and ecosystems). This biodiversity information is an imperative factor in today's conservation biology, environmental management, the design of natural reserves and informed decision making for South Australia and any governmental agency.
The information is not just stored. Research results and statewide-knowledge are shared in publications such as several editions of the State Flora, the vascular plant census (now online), handbooks on the State's acacias, mosses and lichens, and the Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia covering macroscopic algae and seagrasses.
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Algal collections |
The State Herbarium participates in major national projects such as the iconic Flora of Australia and world-leading Australia's Virtual Herbarium (AVH), the only online database depicting plant distributions for an entire continent.
The State Herbarium Prospectus (700Kb PDF) provides information on the history, capability, strategic intent and research partnership opportunities in the State Herbarium. Research Outputs and Activities 2008 (150Kb PDF) provides the latest news on current research and publication activities of the State Herbarium.
