Collections

A growing proportion of our collection has been digitised and is available to the public online.

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University of Melbourne Collection online

The University of Melbourne Herbarium Collection Online enables public access to the collection’s digitised content, including specimen collection data and high-resolution images. Specimen data can be searched or browsed, locations can be mapped, and plant features or the collector’s handwriting are visible in the high-resolution images. The Collection Online is the digital key that unlocks the biodiversity held in the herbarium for access by all. Currently around 20% of the collection is digitised.

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Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) is an online resource that provides dynamic access to the wealth of plant specimen data held by Australian and New Zealand herbaria.

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