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Research and collections
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Research Division
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Phanerogamic Botany
- Collections
Collections
Department of Phanerogamic Botany
The collections have their origin in the curiosity cabinets of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1739, but have grown over the years by collecting, and by acquisition of scientifically important collections. Today the collections comprise some 3 million specimens, which are divided into three herbaria:
keep material from the Nordic countries, but such material can also be found in elsewhere. A page with shortcuts to nordic material can be used to facilitate the search.
The Regnellian herbarium
keep material from South- and Central America
The General herbarium
house the plant material from all other parts of the world
Two 18th century herbaria are also kept separate, i. e. :
(S-LINN) with about 4000 specimens from the herbarium of the famous swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus,
The Swartz herbarium
with collections from the West Indies made by Olof Swartz.
Small historical herbaria from early 18th century are also:
Celsius' Flora Uplandica
Antonius Münchenberg's Herbarium vivum.
The collections are used in the ongoing research at the department, and a large number of scientists visit the herbaria each year. The department has also a considerable exchange and loan service with other institutions all over the world.
Parts of the collections have been computerized and are today available through searchable databases. A number of images of herbarium specimens, notably some sheets from the Linnean herbarium (S-LINN), are available on the Internet. The work is still in progress, and new data and images are added from time to time.