North American plant collections in the Liverpool Museum herbarium (LIV)

An account is given of the collectors of flowering plant specimens from continental North America which are preserved in the herbarium of the Liverpool Museum (LIV). A brief history is given of the constituent herbaria, which include the Liverpool Botanic Garden herbarium (founded in 1802), the University of Liverpool herbarium, the herbarium of John Forbes Royle and part of the herbarium of Sir James Edward Smith. Lists of collectors, arranged firstly alphabetically and secondly by state or province, are provided.