Herbario CHEP de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo

Description

The herbarium is a data repositore on the flora of a locality, region or country. Collections of "dry" plant specimens arranged according to a recognized taxonomic system for scientific and comparative studies of systematic identification are archived in a herbarium. A herbarium constitutes a representative sample of the morphological characteristics, geographic distribution and phylogenetic history of plants from a given country, region or the whole world. The services provided by the Polytechnic Herbarium are: use of the collection and student herbarium for sample identification, drying of botanical specimens, specialized bibliography, sample identification, inventories, botanical and ecology studies, consultancies in the management of Ecuadorian flora.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Byron Vaca
Telephone: 593(03) 2998-200
email: bvacab@espoch.edu.ec

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Jorge Caranqui
Telephone: 593979206969
email: jcaranqui@espoch.edu.ec

Herbario CHEP de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo
Panamericana Sur km 1 1/2, Riobamba-Ecuador
Riobamba
EC060155
Chimborazo
EC
email: jcaranqui@espoch.edu.ec