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Department of BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

 

Downing Herbarium

The herbarium is a collection of dried plant specimens, including marine algae, mosses and liverworts, lichens, ferns, conifers and flowering plants. The collection has been established for the use of staff and students and is also available to the wider community by prior arrangement with the curators. The herbarium is located in Room 148 in Building E8C. The data base can be accessed through the Macquarie University Museums and Collections Data Base, at museums.mq.edu.au

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For more information, contact the managers:

Mrs Alison Downing
Ph. (02) 9850 8197
Fax. (02) 9850 8245
adowning@rna.bio.mq.edu.au

Dr Wade Tozer
Ph. (02) 9850 8194
wade.tozer@mq.edu.au