University of Basel
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Name
University of Basel
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Herbarium Code
BAS
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Current Status
Active
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Correspondents
Jurriaan de Vos, Curator, jurriaan.devos@unibas.ch
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Contact
[41] 61 29 35 00
Fax: [41] 61 29 35 04 -
Address
Herbarium
Department of Environmental Sciences - Botany
University of Basel
Schönbeinstrasse 6
Basel CH-4056
Switzerland
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CITES
CH 011
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Specialty
Taxonomic Coverage: Cryptogams, seed plants
Geography: Worldwide, especially Switzerland and central Europe
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Notes
Part of Herbaria Basel at the Department of Environmental Science - Botany, University of Basel, which includes BAS, BASBG, and RENZ. Early history (prior to 1908) documented in Binz A. 1908. Die Herbarien der Botanischen Anstalt Basel. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 19(3): 137-155. (in German). Specimens from historical herbaria (16th-18th century, including C. Bauhin and W. de Lachenal) not sent on loan, because most are unmounted in original folio paper. Collections of 80 000 seeds and 6000 seedlings; .
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Feedback
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Number of Specimens
250000
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Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged Algae Bryophytes Fungi/Lichens Pteridophytes Seed Plants -
Date Founded
1588
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Updated
05/03/2018
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Associated Institution
Associated garden: Botanischer Garten, Universität Basel.
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Important Collectors
C. Bauhin, J. Bauhin, A. Binz, H. Christ, H. Huber, C. F. F. von Krauss, W. de Lachenal, K. F. Sarasin, P. B. Sarasin, W. P. Schimper, A. Thellung, H. Zoller
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Correspondents
Jurriaan de Vos, Curator, jurriaan.devos@unibas.ch
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