Herbarium

Herbarium

facade of Harvard Herbaria building

In botany, an herbarium is the building where the specimens are stored, or the scientific institute that not only stores but researches these specimens. A dried plant mounted on a sheet also is an herbarium. In scientific literature herbaria are recognized by acronyms, for example NY specimens are kept in New York Botanical garden.

Herbarium Media

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  Herbarium book which dates from 1633. Made by the Flemish Bernardus Wynhouts.

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  Herbarium specimens ("exsiccata") of various Nepenthes at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France

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  Herbarium book with Japanese plants, Siebold collection Leiden, 1825

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  Preparing a plant for mounting

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  A large herbarium may have hundreds of cases filled with specimens.

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  The Swedish Museum of Natural History (S), Stockholm, Sweden

Related pages

• herbal - description of plants and their uses, common in the Middle Ages

Other websites

• Index Herbariorum Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine