GC University, Lahore

Name

GC University, Lahore

Herbarium Code

GCUSAH

Current Status

Active

Correspondents

Sohaib Muhammad, Assistant Professor, sohaibs1983@gmail.com
Zaheer Khan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, zaheeruddin@gcu.edu.pk
Nousheen Yousaf, Assistant Professor, dr.nousheenyousaf@gcu.edu.pk
Zafar Siddiq, Assistant Professor; Curator, GCU Botanic Garden, dr.zafarsiddiq@gcu.edu.pk
Tehreema Iftikhar, Department Head, Chairperson.botany@gcu.edu.pk

Contact

+92 42 99213375
+92 314 4108281
Email: drsultanaherb@gcu.edu.pk

Address

Dr. Sultan Ahmad Herbarium
Botany
Life Sciences
GC University, Lahore
Department of Botany, GC University, Katchery Road
Lahore, Punjab 54000
Pakistan

Specialty

Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants, fungi (including lichens) and algae but most specimens are of vascular plants

Geography: Primarily Punjab, Pakistan

Quarantine Requirements

See the regulations for Pakistan

Notes

The Department of Botany is one of the oldest departments in the University, being established in 1912. Prof. Shiv Ram Kashyap, who was the department head from 1912 to 1934, established a museum and herbarium. The herbarium’s holdings included plants from many regions, including China, Indonesia and Philippines, and its collection of liverworts and mosses was considered the largest in the subcontinent at that time. The collection grew to include several hundred specimens of algae, fungi, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms but, when the University of the Punjab was established as a separate institution, most of the specimens were transferred there. The present museum and herbarium are named the Prof. Kashyap Museum and Dr. Sultan Ahmed Herbarium. Both are being actively developed. The Department also has a botanic garden, Botanic Garden GCU, which was founded in 1912 and extends over 7 acres. It has long been recognized for the diversity of its holdings. It is home to Pakistan’s Botanic Gardens Network Secretariat.

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