岭南大学植物标本室设于一九一六年

The Lingnan University herbarium was established in 1916

1916年,岭南学校在高鲁甫主持下成立农学部,并拟设立植物标本室,派学生赴菲律宾科学局梅尔处学习标本制作。不久后,请梅尔来广州,为之设立标本室。此为中国较早之植物标本室,对现代植物学在中国传播有积极作用。然而此段历史并不为学界所周知,该文依据史料,将其梳理呈现。

In 1916,Lingnan University established the agricultural department under the auspices of Prof.G.W.Groff,and planned to form an herbarium,then sent students to study the collection and preparation of plant specimens under the direction of Prof.F.D.Merrill,the botanist of Philippine Bureau of Science.Not long after,Merrill was invited to Guangzhou to organize the herbarium.This is the earliest herbarium in China,which played an active role in the spread of modern botany in China.However,this period of history is not widely studied within the academic community.This article based on historical sources,strives to unravel and present this overlooked narrative.