The British Institute at Ankara

  • Name

    The British Institute at Ankara

  • Herbarium Code

    BIA

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Lutgarde Vandeput, Director, director@biaa.ac.uk

  • Contact

    [90] 312 427 54 87
    Fax: [90] 312 428 01 59
    Email: library@biaa.ac.uk

  • Address

    BIA Herbarium
    The British Institute at Ankara
    Ataturk Bulvarı No: 154/1
    Ankara, Çankaya TR-06690
    Turkey

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants, wild and cultivated cereals and other crops, emphasis on families of economic importance, weeds; useful wild plants; collection used for identification of archaeological plant remains.

    Geography: Anatolia

  • Notes

    In addition to the Herbarium Collection, there is also a Wood Collection, Charcoal Collection, and Archaeobotanical Seed Reference Collection. The Herbarium Collection, Wood Collection, and Charcoal Collection were digitised in 2020. For further information about Archaeobotanical Seed Reference Collection please contact library@biaa.ac.uk. Currently, the Herbarium Collection has 4200 specimens and is available on the BIAA’s website (https://digitalrepository.biaa.ac.uk/botanical-reference-collection).

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  • Number of Specimens

    4200

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants 4200
  • Date Founded

    1970

  • Updated

    04/01/2024

  • Important Collectors

    G ordon Charles Hillman, David Henry French, Robert Mark Nesbi