Herbarium in Victoria, Australia
The University of Melbourne Herbarium is a teaching and research herbarium within the School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne in Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Its Index Herbariorum code is MELU.
The University of Melbourne Herbarium is the largest university herbarium collection in Australia, with approximately 150,000 specimens, including 3,500 fungal specimens, and over 150 type specimens.
History of the Herbarium.
Under the auspices of Professor Frederick McCoy, the first herbarium kept on the university's grounds was the National Herbarium of Victoria, from 1856 until a dedicated herbarium building was constructed in 1860 close to the present-day location of the herbarium and the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. 
Although it is generally acknowledged that there was a small preserved plant collection already on campus, the University's herbarium was officially established in 1926. Reverend Montague Rupp offered the non-orchid portion of his personal herbarium, of approximately 5,000 specimens, to his "alma mater" Trinity College. The specimens were ultimately sent to the botany department, and wooden cupboards were custom-built to house the new, and significant collection. In 1974, the herbarium was listed in the Index Herbariorum, and in 2014 it became a data provider with the Atlas of Living Australia.
Significant collections.
Significant collections held by MELU include:
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