Yale University

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  • Name

    Yale University

  • Herbarium Code

    YU

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Patrick Sweeney, Collections Manager, patrick.sweeney@yale.edu

  • Contact

    [1] 203 432 3537
    Fax: [1] 203 432 7907

  • Address

    Yale University Herbarium
    Botany Division
    Yale Peabody Museum
    Yale University
    170-210 Whitney Avenue
    New Haven, Connecticut 06511
    U.S.A.
    http://www.peabody.yale.edu/collections/bot/

  • CITES

    US 048

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Fungi, lichens, algae, bryophytes, vascular plants; North American pteridophytes and bryophytes

    Geography: Worldwide, especially Connecticut and New England

  • Notes

    Updated Nov 2017 (important collectors, incorporated herbaria); Sep 2024 (updated address, collection statistics)

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  • Number of Specimens

    365000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 11835 11835 11791
    Bryophytes 55458 55458 55359
    Fungi/Lichens 7500 6590 6590
    Pteridophytes 20440 20440 19642
    Seed Plants 270000
  • Date Founded

    1864

  • Updated

    05/09/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Marsh Botanical Garden, Biology Department, Yale University, P.O. Box 2169, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-7444.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Part of HNH;
    Part of NHES (vascular plants, algae, mosses, and lichens) in 2012

  • Important Collectors

    D. C. Eaton, A. W. Evans, G. E. Nichols, F. Tweedy, A. Eaton, S. Watson, C. Wright, W. H. Brewer, C. G. Pringle, F. J. Lindheimer