BMNH

BMNH Natural History Museum (1992–present)

Formerly known as the British Museum (Natural History) or British Museum of Natural History
Website
Location: Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
Abbreviated: B.M.(N.H.), BMNH, or BM
Acquired and collections

Cuming Museum, natural history collection. NOTE: Kept separate, lectotype numbers use standard BMNH prefixes

Geological Museum, London, in 1986

HMS Challenger types are housed here

Reigen Collection of Mazatlan Mollusca, in 1857

Museum Druce. The total collection was bought by Godman en Salvin and donated to BMNH.

Acronyms used:

BM (Index Herbariorum Code)

NHM (Natural History Museum)

NHML (Natural History Museum, London)

NHMUK (Natural History Museum UK)

Prefixes used

In.

IC

Associated publications

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology. Supplement

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology. Supplement

Type specimen catalogs

Adams, Z.J.O. & Shimabukuro, P.H.F. 2018. A cybercatalogue of American sand fly types (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) deposited at the Natural History Museum, London. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24484. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24484. Reference page.
Albano, P.G., Bakker, P.A.J. & Sabelli, B. 2019. Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95: 161–308. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.32803 Reference page.
Brock, P.D., Marshall, J.A., Beccaloni, G. & Harman, A.J.E. 2016. The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Zootaxa 4179(2): 151–208. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.2.1. Reference page.
Campbell, P.D. & Denzer, W. 2020. Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742(3): 481–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.4 Reference page.
Carpenter, P.P. 1857. Catalogue of the Reigen Collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum. Oberlin Press. Google Books Reference page.
Harding, J.P. 1962. Darwin's type specimens of varieties of Balanus amphitrite. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 9: 273–296. BHL. Reference page.
Hwang, C.-C. 2014. Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London. ZooKeys 428: 1–28. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.428.8061 Reference page.
Kay, E.A. 1965. Marine molluscs in the Cuming collection, British Museum (Natural History) described by William Harper Pease. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, Supplement 1: 1–96, 14 pl. BHL. Reference page.
Low, M.E.Y. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2013. Dates of publication of the Zoology parts of the Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zootaxa 3701(4): 401–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.4.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Oliver, P. G., Morgenroth, H. & Salvador, A. 2017. Type specimens of Mollusca described by Col. George Montagu in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter and The Natural History Museum, London. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 363–412. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.13073. Reference page.
Salvador, A. & Pickering, J. 2017. Type catalogue of Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, U.K. Zootaxa 4250(2): 101–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.1. Reference page.
Sendino, C. 2019. The Lyell Collection at the Earth Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, London (UK). Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e33504. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e33504 Reference page.
Shalaeva, K. & Boxshall, G.A. 2014: An illustrated catalogue of the scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) collected during the HMS “Challenger” expedition and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Zootaxa 3804(1): 1–63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3804.1.1 Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Collections Portal

External links

Index Herbariorum