Northern Territory Herbarium
Department of Land Resource Management
P.O. Box 496
Palmerston, Northern Territory 0831
Australia
Ian Cowie
Email: ian.cowie@nt.gov.au
The Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin & Alice Springs) contains approximately 255 000 plant specimens, most of which are flowering plants. The collection includes plant material mounted on card, preserved in alcohol (spirit collections) and carpological material (seeds, fruit, bark & leaves too large & bulky to mount on card). Almost 100% of the collection is data based on a web-enabled system called HOLTZE Northern Territory Specimen Database.
The Northern Territory has over 4,300 species of native plants including some 567 endemic species, many of which are of conservation significance. With the Territory comprising approximately 1/6th of the Australian land area (or 1.335 million km²) across a range of topographic, edaphic and climate conditions, there is also a great diversity of vegetation communities.