Institution

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Acronym :	AAS
Institution Name :	British Antarctic Survey
Type :	Herbarium
Insitution Governance :	Public (primarily government-owned and operated)
URL :	http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/bas_research/data/information_about_collections.php
Notes :	There are over 70 000 records, predominantly of mosses and lichens, but also of vascular plants, ferns, fungi and algae collected in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions as well as some from surrounding continents, particularly South America. The collection from South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands started in 1775 and from Antarctica in 1834. Documents relating to the Herbarium are kept in the BAS Archives (LS2/4). The records can be searched and downloaded on: http://apex.nerc-bas.ac.uk/f?p=252:1. There is also a facility to see a distribution map of specimens retrieved by querying the database.

Physical Address :
Address Line 1 :	High Cross
Address Line 2 :	Madingley Road
Address Line 3 :
City :	Cambridge
State/Province :	England
Country :	U.K.
Postal Code :	CB3 0ET
The Mailing Address is the same as Physical Address

Contact Information :
Contact Person :	Helen J. Peat
E-mail :	hjpe@bas.ac.uk
Phone :	+44 (0) 1223 221569
Fax :	[44] 1223/ 362 616
URL :

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