National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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  • Name

    National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

  • Herbarium Code

    BNHM

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Dimitar Uzunov, Associate Professor, uzunovd@gmail.com
    Salza Palpurina, assistant, palpurina@nmnhs.com
    Irina Gerasimova, Assistant, lizards2007@gmail.com

  • Contact

    +359 897 802 524
    Fax: (+359 2) 9882894
    Email: herbarium@nmnhs.com

  • Address

    National Museum of Natural History “Boris Achtarov” Herbarium
    Botany
    National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1
    Sofia 1000
    Bulgaria

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: lichens, pteridophytes, bryophytes and seed plants

    Geography: Bulgaria, North Macedonia

  • Notes

    Entered Mar 2021. We have just started the mass digitization of the National Museum of Natural History collections, including plants and lichens as part of the four-year DiSSCo-BG project.

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    4500

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 0
    Bryophytes 0
    Fungi/Lichens 3500
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants 1000
  • Date Founded

    1974

  • Updated

    30/03/2021

  • Associated Institution

    National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    B. Zhelezova lichenological collection (3500)

  • Important Collectors

    B. Zhelezova