University of Reading Herbarium

The University of Reading Herbarium, acronym RNG, is a herbarium on the University of Reading's Whiteknights Campus.

Along with the Cole Museum, it forms part of the university's School of Biological Sciences, and is principally used for teaching and research purposes. The herbarium has over 300000 specimens from around the world but has its most extensive collections from the Euromediterranean area supplemented with special collections from the Falkland Island and southern South America. The herbarium provides a research resource for some 50 staff and 500 students in Biological Sciences as well as providing material via loans to other registered herbaria.

History

Reading University Herbarium (RNG) was formed from the herbaria of the departments of Botany and Agricultural Botany at the University and was founded in the early 1900s.

External links

University of Reading Herbarium web site

Coordinates: 51°26′15.48″N 0°56′30.98″W / 51.4376333°N 0.9419389°W / 51.4376333; -0.9419389

University of Reading

People	Chancellor: Sir John Madejski Vice-Chancellor: Sir David Bell Academics Alumni

Campuses	Bulmershe Court Greenlands London Road Whiteknights

Facilities	Atmospheric Observatory Harris Garden Henley Business School Herbarium ICMA Centre Science & Technology Centre

Museums	Cole Museum of Zoology Museum of English Rural Life Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology

Buildings	Foxhill House Halls of residence Region 6 War Room

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