Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Vascular Plant Herbarium
Citation
Kukk T. Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Vascular Plant Herbarium. Estonian University of Life Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/m3x9uu accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-20.Description
The Herbarium was founded in 1947, when the newly established Institute of Biology (later Institute of Zoology and Botany) was entrusted with the Estonian Naturalists’ Society’s collection of 15 000 herbarium sheets. This consisted mainly of the Society’s exchange herbarium, which was collected between 1920-1940, and of the Baltic-German Botanical Herbarium, collected mainly in the 19th century.The Herbarium’s main focus is to collect and preserve specimens from taxa growing in Estonia. Besides providing data for answering taxonomic questions, the large quantity of material within the Herbarium makes it possible to investigate species’ patterns of variability and distribution. The Herbarium preserves genetic material from different time periods.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
Toomas Kukkoriginator
position: Curator
email: tomkukk@gmail.com
Toomas Kukk
metadata author
position: Curator
email: tomkukk@gmail.com
Toomas Kukk
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
email: tomkukk@gmail.com
Thea Kull
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
email: thea.kull@emu.ee
Mare Leis
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
email: mare.leis@emu.ee