Institution code LINN

    Linnean Society of London

    United KingdomLondon
    33,800 specimens

    Description

    Updated Sep 2011 (URL update). Loans only to BM and K. Visitors should make arrangements in advance by contacting the Librarian. The Society's "British Herbarium" (cf. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 194. 1860), now owned by Natural History Museum (BM). The specimens in the Linnaean Herbarium have been digitized and the images are freely available on the Society's website (http://www.linnean.org). Microfiche editions of Linnaean and Smithian herbaria, with catalogs, are available from Inter Documentation Company. Most groups worldwide; many types of names published by Linnaeus, Linnaeus filius, and J. E. Smith.
    Code
    LINN
    Number of specimens in institution
    33,800
    Institutional disciplines
    No information
    Founding date
    1730
    Institution Type
    • Herbarium

    Contacts

    Email
    Phone number
    Country
    United Kingdom
    State/Province
    England
    City/Town
    London
    Address
    Piccadilly
    Mailing address
    Country
    United Kingdom
    State/Province
    England
    City/Town
    London
    Postal/Zip Code
    W1J 0BF
    Address
    Burlington House
    IC

    Isabelle Charmantier

    Head of Collections

    Identifiers

    Code
    LINN
    Alternative codes
    • LS
      Code from replaced entity b27b4565-bd91-4a6c-8817-a3a0f308b466
    Additional names
    • Herbarium
    Identifiers
    Entry created: May 13, 2013
    Last modified: May 23, 2024
    Modified by: gbif-collections