University of Turin - Dept. Life Sciences and Systems Biology - Herbarium TO

Description

The Herbarium of the University of Turin was established in 1891, about 160 years after the foundation of the Botanical Garden of the University (1729), and is one of the most important Italian herbaria with about one million specimens. In addition to two phanerogamic collections, Herbarium Pedemontanum (TO-HP, about 300,000 specimens) and Herbarium Generale (TO-HG, about 450,000 specimens) the Herbarium includes the Cryptogamic section (about 130,000 exsiccata) which encompasses five different collections: Musci, Algae, Fungi and Lichens. These exsiccata document more than 250 years of botanical studies including the first floristic researches in Piedmont and Sardinia, carried out by Carlo Allioni (1728–1804) and Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (1796-1869), respectively.

Contacts

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Laura Guglielmone
Telephone: +390116705981
email: laura.guglielmone@unito.it

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Sergio Enrico Favero Longo
Telephone: +390116705972
email: sergio.favero@unito.it

University of Turin - Dept. Life Sciences and Systems Biology - Herbarium TO
Viale P.A. Mattioli 25
Torino
10125
IT
email: herb.change@unito.it