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THE SOUTH PACIFIC REGIONAL HERBARIUM
Author(s) -
Miller John M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1221435
Subject(s) - herbarium , geography , archaeology , ecology , biology
Summary Formerly known as the Fiji Herbarium, the only herbarium in the Fiji Islands, SUVA, was founded by B. E. V. Parham in 1933. Consisting of more than 25,000 specimens, the herbarium is one of the leading collections of vascular plants and bryophytes in the South Pacific. Recently renamed “The South Pacific Regional Herbarium”, SUVA serves the member countries of The University of the South Pacific which include the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa. Historical events and important contributions to SUVA are noted in this paper. Finally, the goals and projects within the herbarium are presented, with the purpose in mind of increasing the cognisance of the international community of taxonomic botanists toward the importance of SUVA.