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Charles University - Herbarium collections & Department of Botany

GBIF publisher since
3 February 2021

Description

The Herbarium collections PRC, Charles University, Faculty of Science house more than 2,300,000 specimens of algae, bryophytes, fungi, lichens, seeds / fruits, and vascular plants. Due to its size, age (founded in 1775), geographical coverage and importance (tens of thousands of type specimens), the Herbarium collections PRC belong to the 25 biggest and oldest herbaria in the world and the collections within which are housed by the university institutions are ranked in the top 10. The Herbarium collections PRC together with staff affiliated with the Department of Botany contribute to a wide range of scientific and teaching activities in plant systematics, evolution, ecology, biogeography, floristics, conservation biology and paleoecology. The Department of Botany holds also living cultures of algae, cyanobacteria and microscopic fungi - ca 3,700 strains in total.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Patrik Mráz
Telephone: ++ 420 221951642
email: mrazpat@natur.cuni.cz
POINT_OF_CONTACT
Patrik Mráz
Telephone: ++ 420 221951642
email: mrazpat@natur.cuni.cz
TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Zdeněk Vaněček
email: zdenek.vanecek@gmail.com
Charles University - Herbarium collections & Department of Botany
Benatska 2
Praha
12801
Non-US/Non-Canadian
CZ
email: mrazpat@natur.cuni.cz
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