**Code**: [NMW](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125463) **Organization**: National Museum Wales **Department**: Natural Sciences Department **Location**: Cardiff, Wales, U.K. **Total number of specimens**: 550000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1912 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups, including cultivated plants, timber, and economic plants **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially British and Welsh **Incorporated herbaria**: BRIST (cryptogamics and pteridophytes) in 1991, CDFM, QMC (10 900 specimens), TENHS, UCNW (8750 cryptogams), UCSW (5000 specimens), WPL. **Important collectors**: J. Appleyard, E. Armitage, A. D. Banwell, R. A. Boniface, C. P. Castell, J. H. Challenor, A. O. Chater, O. V. Darbishire, A. P. Déséglise, L. W. Dillwyn, E. S. Edees, R. G. Ellis, T. G. Evans, J. H. Field, R. D. Fitzgerald, J. W. Fitzgerald, C. R. Fraser-Jenkins, L. Garcin, G. W. Garlick, B. Goater, V. Gordon, J. E. Griffith, E. B. Harris, A. R. Horwood, E. W. Jones, D. A. Jones, H. H. Knight, W. S. Lacey, R. V. Lansdown, A. Ley, E. S. Marshall, R. F. May, J. M. Milner, M. S. Percival, A.. R. Perry, J. H. G. Peterken, A. J. Pettifer, R. D. Pryce, H. P. Reader, T. C. G. Rich, P. W. Richards, M. Richards, H. J. Riddelsdell, F. Rose, J. H. Salter, W. A. Shoolbred, W. A. Sledge, D. Thoday, B. A. Thomas, L. C. B. Trotter, A. H. Trow, E. Vachell, C. T. Vachell, A. E. Wade, R. Walker, E. C. Wallace, P. J. Wanstall, B. Welch, J. A. Wheldon, H. L. K. Whitehouse, N. Woodhead **Notes**: Updated Aug 2014 (general updates). **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!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.