xylarium

English

Etymology

From xylo- +‎ -arium.

Noun

xylarium (plural xylaria or xylariums)

1. A herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.
   • 1996, Tod F. Stuessy, S. H. Sohmer, Sampling the Green World: Innovative Concepts of Collection, Preservation, and Storage of Plant Diversity:

     A plant anatomist receiving such samples can remove pickled wood and bark for anatomical study, then dry the remaining portions for inclusion in a xylarium.

   • 2004, “Botany”, in Virginia Journal of Science: Official Publication of the Virginia Academy of Science, volume 55, number 1&2, page 33:

     The genus [Dalechampia] is poorly represented in xylaria and its wood is little known.

   • 2020, Manuel Lemos, Matthias Tissot, Isabel Tissot, Maria João Petisca, “Between Night and Day: The Awakening of the Cadaval Bed: A Material, Technological and Conservation Study”, in National Palace of Sintra: The Silver Bed of the Dukes of Cadaval (Collections In Focus - National Palaces - Sintra Queluz Pena; #03), Parques de Sintra - Monte da Lua, translation of O leito de prata dos duques de Cadaval, page 60:

     Samples were identified according to the standards of the International Association of Wood Anatomists (AWA) by consulting xylariums, glass plate archives, bibliographies and databases.