Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

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  • Name

    Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

  • Herbarium Code

    UVAL

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Javier Aju, Herbarium Coordinator, Ljaju@uvg.edu.gt

  • Contact

    [502] 2369 0791
    [502] 2364 0336 ext. 21530
    Email: ljaju@uvg.edu.gt

  • Address

    Herbario UVAL
    Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad
    Instituto de Investigaciones
    Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
    11 Calle 15-79, Zona 15, Vista Hermosa III.
    Guatemala City, Guatemala 01015
    Guatemala
    https://www.uvg.edu.gt/investigacion/ceab/

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Economic plants; tropical flora; Orchidaceae, Bromeliaceae, gymnosperms

    Geography: Guatemala

  • Notes

    Herbario UVAL is close to celebrate 50 years as the official Universidad del Valle Herbarium, founded in 1976 by Dra. Elfriede Pöll to serve as an educational collection. Herbarium UVAL is a collection housing over 23,000 accessions of mostly flowering plants that record the diversity of Guatemala’s flora. Updated June 2023

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  • Number of Specimens

    23000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes 500
    Seed Plants 20500
  • Date Founded

    1974

  • Updated

    20/06/2023

  • Important Collectors

    E lfriede Pöll, Margaret Dix, Michael Dix, Laura Schuster, Tracy Parker