Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)

Description

Cambridge University Herbarium is part of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. With specimens dating from at least 1703, the University Herbarium houses an important collection of over 1.1 million pressed, dried and mounted plants. Specimens from around the world have been added to the collection as a result of purchases, gifts, exchanges and benefactions. The British collection is particularly comprehensive, and most new specimens added to the Herbarium in recent decades have been incorporated into this collection. Cambridge University Herbarium is committed to making these specimens accessible to researchers around the world and ensuring their continuing use in studies relating to conservation, biodiversity, global food security, history and more.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Sam Brockington
email: herbarium@plantsci.cam.ac.uk

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Curation Team
email: herbarium@plantsci.cam.ac.uk

Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
Sainsbury Laboratory, Bateman Street
Cambridge
CB2 1LR
GB
email: herbarium@plantsci.cam.ac.uk