Dr Zoe Goodwin

I am a tropical botanist specialising in the Neotropical flora, in particular I am interested in the savanna and dry forests of Central and South America. After my MSc I spent much of my time collecting and identifying plants in the forests and…

Contemporary Illustrations Collection

Nature Printed Illustrations

Digitisation

Our specimen data and images can be downloaded for free from the online catalogue, including full resolution TIFFs of specimens. All specimen images and data have a CC-0 licence. We have now completed the digitisation of all type specimens, plus…

Dr David Harris, Herbarium Curator and Deputy Director of Science

My role is to run the herbarium of 3 million specimens held in Edinburgh. I am also Deputy Director of Science. My research is focused on the plants from the forests of central Africa. I teach on the MSc in Plant Biodiversity and Taxonomy and…

Artists in the Florilegium

Plant Species in the Florilegium

CALL FOR ENTRIES 2020

The creation of the Florilegium is a wonderful opportunity for artists around the world to create works featuring or inspired by plants from their country that are also associated with RBGE, one of the world’s leading Botanic Gardens. There is also…