The Hong Kong Herbarium () is a
herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
, managed by the
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (; formerly the Agriculture and Fisheries Department () before 2000, of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for agriculture and fisheries in Hong Kong, conservation projects and issu ...
.
The Hong Kong Herbarium was established in 1878. It has a collection of about 48,000 plant specimens and is responsible for the systematic collection, identification and curation of specimens representative of the Hong Kong flora.
References
Further reading
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External links
Official website
Herbaria in Asia
Nature conservation in Hong Kong
1878 establishments in Asia
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