An aerial view of the Bolus Herbarium library in the HW Pearson Building, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town
The Bolus Herbarium was established in 1865 from a donation by Harry Bolus of his extensive herbarium and library to the South African College, which later became the University of Cape Town.
Its collection of specimens numbers over 320 000, making it the third largest university herbarium in the Southern Hemisphere.[1] The collection is highly representative of the Cape Flora and also houses many type specimens. The international herbarium abbreviation BOL is used when referring to the Bolus Herbarium.
Although the building caught on fire during the 2021 Table Mountain fire, which gutted several other collections in the university including the Plant Conservation Unit, the Bolus Herbarium managed to narrowly escape being destroyed in the blaze.[2][3]
^"The Bolus Herbarium, Global Plants on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
^Craig Hilton-Taylor. "I heard from Callen Cohen that the fire in the Pearson building is out and that the Bolus is safe". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
^Alex Lansdowne. "The top floor was burnt but it did not get to the Herbarium". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
functioning herbarium in the country. In 1903 Louisa Bolus who was a grand-niece of Harry Bolus was appointed a Curator of the herbarium. After his death...
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botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the BolusHerbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of authoring more land plant species than...
relevant books is available for researchers. The Compton Herbarium was founded after the BolusHerbarium moved from Kirstenbosch to the campus of the University...
advanced botany in South Africa by establishing bursaries, founding the BolusHerbarium and bequeathing his library and a large part of his fortune to the...
Schlechter and then subsequently published in Contributions from the BolusHerbarium by Peter Goldblatt in 1972. The flowers of L. oreogena are pollinated...
South African West Coast. Contributions from the BolusHerbarium Volume 18. Rondebosch: BolusHerbarium, University of Cape Town. ISBN 978-0-7992-1793-3...
Reid DA. (1975). Type studies of the larger Basidiomycetes described from South Africa. Contributions from the BolusHerbarium. Vol. 7. p. 118. v t e...
Oliver, E. G. H. (2000). Systematics of Ericeae. Contributions from the BolusHerbarium 19. Nelson, E. C. (1984). Dabeoc – a saint and his heather. Yearbook...
his collecting work, for the herbarium collections of South African National Biodiversity Institute and the BolusHerbarium until 1957. He worked with Robert...
and Anderson, R.J. 1997. Seaweeds of the South African West Coast. BolusHerbarium, University of Cape Town. ISBN 0-7992-1793-X Smyth, G.M. 1955. Cryptogamic...
& R. J. Anderson (1997). Seaweeds of the South Africal West Coast. BolusHerbarium Number 18, University of Cape Town. Guiry, M. D. (2004-09-23). "Laminaria...
of Carpobrotus (Mesembryanthema-Aizoaceae). Contributions from the BolusHerbarium 15:76–107. Purification and identification of active antibacterial...
(Eriospermaceae). BolusHerbarium, University of Cape Town. Perry, P.L. (1994) A Revision of the Genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). BolusHerbarium, University...
Anderson, R. J. (1997). Seaweeds of the South African West Coast. BolusHerbarium, University of Cape Town. ISBN 978-0-7992-1793-3. Abbott, I. A.; Hollenberg...
Bolton; R. J. Anderson (1997). Seaweeds of the South African West Coast. BolusHerbarium Humber 18, University of Cape Town. ISBN 978-0-7992-1793-3. M. J. Lynn...
& Anderson,R.J. (1997). Seaweeds of the South African West Coast. BolusHerbarium Number 18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)...
drawings for an oculist, D. J. Wood. She was appointed as artist at the BolusHerbarium in Cape Town in 1926, staying on until her death. Her early death left...
also for Amphithalea pageae and Muraltia pageae. Bolus, H. M. L. (1925). Annals of the BolusHerbarium. South African National Biodiversity Institute Libraries...
Senior Lecturer and Curator of the BolusHerbarium, 1954-1958; Associate Professor and Curator of the BolusHerbarium, 1968-1973, the title Curator being...
expeditions. From 1918 until 1939 she worked in the BolusHerbarium before moving to the Compton Herbarium, located in the Kirstenbosch National Botanical...
African plant collector. Her specimens are kept in the herbarium of Albany Museum and the BolusHerbarium of the University of Cape Town. She is honored in...
P.L. (1994) A Revision of the Genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). BolusHerbarium, University of Cape Town. Media related to Eriospermum paradoxum at...
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