W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences

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  • Name

    W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences

  • Herbarium Code

    KRAM

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Beata Paszko, Curator of Vascular Plants, b.paszko@botany.pl
    Konrad Wolowski, Head of Phycology (Algae) Department, k.wolowski@botany.pl
    Adam Flakus, Curator of Lichens, A.Flakus@botany.pl
    Halina Bednarek-Ochyra, Curator of Bryophytes, H.Bednarek@botany.pl
    Jadwiga Ziaja, Curator of Fossils, J.Ziaja@botany.pl
    Lucyna Sliwa, Director of the Institute, l.sliwa@botany.pl
    Anna Ronikier, Curator of Myxomycetes, a.ronikier@botany.pl
    Andrzej Chlebicki, Professor, a.chlebicki@botany.pl
    Marcin Piątek, Head of Mycology (Fungi) Department, m.piatek@botany.pl

  • Contact

    [48] 12 424 1778 (algae)
    [48] 12 424 1722 (bryophytes)
    [48] 12 424 1719 (fossils)
    [48] 12 424 1709 (fungi)
    [48] 12 424 1790 (lichens)
    [48] 12 424 1750 (myxomycetes)
    [48] 12 424 1794 (vascular plants)
    Fax: [48] 12 421 9790

  • Address

    Herbarium
    W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences
    Lubicz 46
    Kraków PL-31-512
    Poland
    http://www.botany.pl

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: algae (408.000 specimens); bryophytes (250.000 specimens); macrofossils (47.000 specimens); slides of pollen and spores worldwide (17.000 specimens); fungi (60.000 specimens); lichens (71.000 specimens); myxomycetes (1.500 specimens); vascular plants (650.000 specimens)

    Geography: Worldwide, especially Central European mountains, Poland, Europe, Africa, South America, Antarctica, Subantarctica (South Georgia, Prince Edward Islands, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Heard Island, Macquarie Island)

  • Notes

    Updated April 2019 (staff, general data). NOTE: Please address shipments to the relevant curator (see Correspondents) rather than to \\\"Herbarium.\\\" Five private herbaria are stored at KRAM. A book series published by the Institute, with some information concerning a.o. KRAM and other Polish collections is Polish Botanical Studies - Guidebook Series / Botanical Guidebooks.

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  • Number of Specimens

    1227500

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 408000
    Bryophytes 250000
    Fungi/Lichens 131000
    Pteridophytes 30000
    Seed Plants 620000
  • Date Founded

    1867

  • Updated

    20/09/2019

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Agricultural University Kraków - KRAP (ca. 7000 specimens of fungal collections of S. Domanski in 2004, ca. 20 000 sheets of vascular plants in 2015).;
    Bolestraszyce Arboretum - BDPA (ca. 7000 specimens of lichens) in 2009;
    Bryophytes (10 000 specimens) of KRA on permanent loan

  • Important Collectors

    H. Bednarek-Ochyra, U. Bielczyk, K. Birkenmajer, W. Boberski, J. Bystrek, A. Chlebicki, S. Cieslinski, B. Cykowska, K. Czyzewska, J. L. De Sloover, W. Faltynowicz, A. Flakus, E. Fudali, J. E. Gilibert, K. Glanc, B. Godzik, K. Grodzinska, E. G. Janczewski, A. Jasiewicz, S. B. Jundzill, K. Karczmarz, J. Kiszka, B. Kotula, J. Krupa, H. Krzemieniewska, B. Krzewicka, M. Kuc, M. Kukwa, R. I. Lewis-Smith, F. Lilienfeld, S. Lisowski, B. A. Lynge, J. Madalski, T. Majewski, C. M. Matteri, J. Motyka, T. Mrozinska, B. Namyslowski, J. Nowak, R. Ochyra, L. Olesinski, B. Pawlowski, J. Piatek, M. Piatek, J. Piórecki, T. Pócs, M. Raciborski, A. Rehmann, K. S. Rouppert, J. A. Shevock, J. Sieminska, A. Slendzinski, L. Sliwa, A. Srodon, K. Starmach, A. Stebel, W. Stec-Rouppertowa, H. Streimann, L. Stuchlik, T. Sulma, B. Szafran, Z. Tobolewski, F. Yu. Velichkevich, Z. Waclawska, C. M. Wetmore, K. Wilk, W. Wojewoda, K. Woloszynski, G. Worobiec, A. Wróblewski, J. Zablocki, W. Zablocki, J. Zarnowiec, K. Zarzycki, M. Zielinska, A. J. Zmuda