**Code**: [V](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125817) **Organization**: Royal British Columbia Museum **Division**: Botany Unit **Department**: Natural History **Location**: Victoria, BC Canada, Choose State, Canada **Total number of specimens**: 225000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1886 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants **Geographic coverage**: Northwestern North America, especially western Canada and British Columbia **Incorporated herbaria**: DECV (10 000 specimens), Terrestrial Studies Branch, Ministry of Environment, Kelowna, WIB (9000 specimens) in 1997. **Important collectors**: J. R. Anderson, J. A. Bailey, T. C. Brayshaw, J. A. Calder, W. R. Carter, A. Ceska, R. Connell, G. V. Copley, G. W. Douglas, J. W. Eastham, F. Fodor, G. A. Hardy, J. Macoun, M. C. Melburn, C. F. Newcombe, W. A. Newcombe, A. F. Szczawinski, T. M. C. Taylor, N. J. Turner, P. D. Warrington **Notes**: Updated Aug 2017 (postal code fixed); data from the labels of approximately 50% of our specimens have been entered into our searchable database (http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Botany). Skeletal records with taxon name and accession number have been entered for the remaining 50%; Formerly British Columbia Provincial Museum. Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-02-16 > [!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.