UK Liverworts
- Comments
-
Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 5,500 liverworts (Hepatics), including hornworts, the vast majority from the British Isles. These date from 1799 to the 1990s. This collection comprises dried liverwort samples. Some specimens are in small packets, while others are affixed to larger herbarium sheets. The Glasgow Museums civic collection (GLAM) contains 257 specimens, most of which are from Scotland with a few from overseas, mainly New Zealand. However this collection is complemented by the larger University of Glasgow collection (GL), which accounts for the vast majority of the liverwort collection. It contains 5,110 specimens that come from a wide geographic area, but which have an emphasis on Scotland. The Strathclyde collection (GGO) contains a further 316 liverworts, many from named Scottish localities and from overseas – the latter mainly associated with J Scouler in north-west America, with a few from New Zealand and the Cape of Good Hope. Notable associated collectors include P Ewing, A McKinlay, T King, W Wilson, G Horn, G Don, GJ Lyon, the Rev. D Lillie, WH Pearson, DA Jones, SM McVicar, JR Lee, Professor Brodie, WE Nicholson, J Paton, AC Crundwell, R Kidston, J McAndrew and Dr Taylor. Liverworts and hornworts are related to mosses, and together these three comprise the bryophytes.
- Broader term
- Staff Contact