State Botanical Collection of Victoria

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The State Botanical Collection of Victoria, usually referred to simply as the "State Botanical Collection", at the National Herbarium of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is the single largest herbarium collection in Australia and wider Oceania.Thiers, B. (2020 - continuously updated). National Herbarium of Victoria Collections Summary. Index Herbariorum. A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125813 MEL Collections Summary] (accessed 21 August 2020)

The collection is divided into the Specimen Collection, which includes 1.5 million preserved plants, algae and fungi, and the Library, Archive and Botanical Art Collection.{{cite book |author=Context Pty. Ltd. |date=November 2016 |title=State Botanical Collection Significance Assessment: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |url=https://old.rbg.vic.gov.au/documents/SBC_Significance_Assessment_FINAL_29.11_.16_.pdf |location=Brunswick, Victoria |publisher=Context Pty Ltd |page=v }} It is housed in the National Herbarium of Victoria, located at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Melbourne site.{{cite web|url=https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/science/herbarium-and-resources/national-herbarium-of-victoria|title=National Herbarium of Victoria State Botanical Collection at the National Herbarium|accessdate=24 December 2017|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria}}