**Code**: [GGO](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126830) **Organization**: Culture and Sport Glasgow **Division**: Glasgow Museums Resource Centre **Department**: Natural History Department **Location**: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. **Total number of specimens**: 13221 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1871 **Taxonomic coverage**: Flowering Plants; Ferns; Bryophytes; Algae; Fungi; Lichens **Geographic coverage**: UK; Europe; N & S America; S Africa **Important collectors**: J Scouler **Notes**: GGO (13,000 specimens) transferred to GLAM in 1991. Currently housed by at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre See http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=533630;type=801 The herbarium started with the collection of Professor John Scouler and his collection formed the basis of the herbarium from his death (1871), where it was worked on by Professor Roger Hennedy (who also collected specimens). Strathclyde University was previously named the Royal College of Science and Technology (even earlier as the Andersonian Institute founded in 1796) References: Lloyd, B (1964). The Herbarium of the Royal College of Science and Technology Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist Vol 18, Part 7, 363 - 368 Macpherson, P & Watson, K J (1996). Strathclyde University Herbarium - Computerised Database. Glasgow Naturalist Vol 23 Part 1, 7 - 8 **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-01-10 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.