Angiosperms - flowering plants

Angiosperms are commonly called flowering plants they have seeds enclosed within a structure called a carpel.

The collections are divided into three geographic areas:

British and Irish herbarium

The herbarium contains around 98% of the British and Irish native flora and covers a time-span of over two hundred years. It includes the collections from J. H. Balfour (1808-1884) and G. C. Druce (1850-1932). This collection is particularly rich in the local flora, containing the collections of prominent northwest botanists such as J. A. Wheldon (1862-1924), Fred Holder, Vera Gordon (1916-2003) and Eric Greenwood (1938 -2022).

European herbarium

The European herbarium is particularly significant as a repository of material consulted during the preparation of 'Flora Europaea', a project initially based at the University of Liverpool. As a result of the activity generated by this project, it received numerous foreign collections in exchange for material obtained during fieldwork in Europe, particularly from countries bordering the Mediterranean.

Extra-European herbarium

Although the smallest of the three main geographically divided herbaria, it reveals the worldwide scope of our specimens This collection is subdivided into the following geographical areas: North Africa; Atlantic Islands; Orient; Asia; Africa; North America; Central America & Caribbean; South America; Australasia and Oceania. The collection includes many type specimens of grasses and recent additions from Caribbean islands.