Universidad de Costa Rica

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  • Name

    Universidad de Costa Rica

  • Herbarium Code

    USJ

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Mario Blanco, Coordinator of the Herbarium, mario.blancocoto@ucr.ac.cr
    Melissa Mardones, Curator of fungi, melissa.mardones@ucr.ac.cr
    Carlos Rojas, Curator of Mycetozoa (\"Myxomycetes\"), carlos.rojasalvarado@ucr.ac.cr

  • Contact

    [506] 2511 5967
    [506] 2511 8653
    Fax: [506] 2511 5968

  • Address

    Herbario Luis A. Fournier Origgi
    Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical
    Universidad de Costa Rica
    Campus Rodrigo Facio, Escuela de Biología
    San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José 11501-2060
    Costa Rica

  • CITES

    CR002

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, fungi, lichens, myxomycetes. Significant collections of Cyperaceae and Orchidaceae.

    Geography: Costa Rica (major emphasis); Central America; central Europe; Argentina; U.S.A., Japan.

  • Quarantine Requirements

    All incoming specimens from overseas require previous coordination. Incoming dry specimens are frozen for a minimum of 5 days before entering the collections. Fresh (live) material is not allowed inside the collection rooms.

  • Notes

    Please do not send specimens from overseas as gifts or intended exchanges without previous coordination (all biological specimens that enter Costa Rica now require a special import permit). Historical account of the USJ Herbarium published in Revista de Biología Tropical 60: 1641-1648 (2012). Several hundred specimens destroyed by fire in 1965. Several hundred specimens damaged by water in 2007, but were successfully repaired (see Morales in Cuadernos de Investigación UNED 5: 181-184. 2013). In 2020 the custody and administration of the USJ Herbarium were transferred from the Escuela de Biología to the Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET), although it remains in the same building.

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  • Number of Specimens

    112000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 4000
    Bryophytes 10000
    Fungi/Lichens 18500
    Pteridophytes 5500
    Seed Plants 74000
  • Date Founded

    1931

  • Updated

    25/10/2023

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Jardín Botánico Lankester, which has its own herbarium (JBL), is also part of Universidad de Costa Rica.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Part of CATIE.

  • Important Collectors

    M. A. Blanco, J. Carranza, A. Cascante-Marín, M. Cedeño-Fonseca, P. Döbbeler, R. L. Dressler, C. Fernández, L. A. Fournier, L. D. Gómez, J. Gómez-Laurito, J. E. Jiménez, J. León, J. M. Orozco, L. J. Poveda, F. Pupulin, D. E. Mora de Retana, R. L. Rodríguez Caballero, S. Salas, R. Soto