Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre

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  • Name

    Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre

  • Herbarium Code

    BSD

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Kumar Ambrish, Deputy Director/Head of Office, ambrishbasi@yahoo.co.in

  • Contact

    [91] 135 2755478
    [91] 135 2753433
    Fax: [91] 135 2757951
    Email: bsinc2001@rediffmail.com; hoo-nrc@bsi.gov.in

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre
    192, Kaulagarh Road
    Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand 248 195
    India

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants; higher fungi and bryophytes of Himalayas; algae, fungi, lichens, and bryophytes of Antarctica

    Geography: Northwestern Himalaya, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Antarctica

  • Notes

    Updated Jun 2017 (staff, correspondent details updated). The Centre receives and sends general herbarium specimens on loan to the recognised national and international herbaria/institutes for revisionary and monographic study. Type specimens are not sent on loan. Scanned or digital images of the type and authentic specimens are sent as gift.

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  • Number of Specimens

    127000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants
  • Date Founded

    1956

  • Updated

    03/05/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Experimental Botanic Garden, Pauri, Uttaranchal.

  • Important Collectors

    C. M. Arora, U. C. Bhattacharyya, H. J. Chowdhery, P. K. Hajra, K. P. Janardhanan, C. L. Malhotra, S. K. Murti, V. J. Nair, N. C. Nair, B. D. Naithani, P. C. Pant, T. A. Rao, M. A. Rau, B. V. Shetty, D. K. Singh, S. Singh, B. P. Uniyal, M. V. Viswanathan, J. N. Vohra, B. M. Wadhwa