University of Basel

  • Name

    University of Basel

  • Herbarium Code

    BAS

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Jurriaan de Vos, Curator, jurriaan.devos@unibas.ch

  • 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
    http://herbarium.unibas.ch

  • CITES

    CH 011

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Cryptogams, seed plants

    Geography: Worldwide, especially Switzerland and central Europe

  • 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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  • Number of Specimens

    250000

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

    1588

  • Updated

    05/03/2018

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Botanischer Garten, Universität Basel.

  • 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