Acronym

Description: Index Herbariorum provides a code (called an acronym) for the herbaria of the world with more than 5,000 collections, e.g., the code for The New York Botanical Garden is NY, that of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is K, etc.

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    Acronym

  • Definition

    An acronym is a code assigned by Index Herbariorum for the herbaria of the world with more than 5,000 collections; for example, the codes for The New York Botanical Garden (= NY), The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (= K), and the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (= RB) are provided.

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