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Usac, Cecon, Herbario USCG Hongos

Citation

Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas (CECON), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) (2025). Usac, Cecon, Herbario USCG Hongos. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/v9fakj accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-24.

Description

The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Herbarium (USCG), created in 1923 by the Guatemalan botanist Ulises Rojas, is the oldest in the country. The USCG Herbarium contains more than 47,000 specimens from Guatemala, grouped in 273 families, 1,959 genera and 6,842 species of hepatics, mosses, ferns, vascular plants, lichens and macrofungi. / El Herbario Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USCG), instaurado por el botánico guatemalteco Ulises Rojas en 1923, es el más antiguo del país. La colección del Herbario USCG cuenta actualmente con más de 47,000 ejemplares que corresponden a 273 familias, 1,959 géneros y 6,842 especies de hepáticas, musgos, helechos, plantas con semillas, líquenes y macrohongos.

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Contacts

originator
Biodiversidad de Guatemala
email: sorellana@asu.edu
homepage: https://biodiversidad.gt/portal/index.php
metadata author
Biodiversidad de Guatemala
email: sorellana@asu.edu
homepage: https://biodiversidad.gt/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
Usac, Cecon, Herbario USCG Hongos
email: herbariouscg@gmail.com
Herbario USCG-Cecon
content provider
position: Contacto General
email: herbariouscg@gmail.com
Maura Quezada
content provider
position: Curadora
email: herbariouscg@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8982-4350
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