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THE HERBARIUM OF AYLMER BOURKE LAMBERT NOTES ON ITS ACQUISITION, DISPERSAL, AND PRESENT WHEREABOUTS
Author(s) -
Miller Hortense S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1218947
Subject(s) - herbarium , george (robot) , biological dispersal , scope (computer science) , art history , genealogy , geography , art , botany , history , biology , sociology , computer science , demography , population , programming language
Summary The herbarium of Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761–1842), British botanist, is of interest today because of its sale at auction after his death, and the consequent obscurity of its history. However, little known facts about its scope and fate can be found in manuscript material and published references. Lambert had many opportunities for acquiring the some 50,000 specimens, many of them types, from at least 130 collectors. The herbarium was freely consulted by many writers of the time, including Robert Brown, De Candolle, Martius, George Don and David Don. At the sale it was divided into 317 lots, bought by 16 buyers. There are today at least 18 institutions in Europe and the United States where specimens originally in the herbarium are now deposited.