Buffalo Museum of Science

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  • Name

    Buffalo Museum of Science

  • Herbarium Code

    BUF

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Kathryn Leacock, Curator of Collections, kleacock@sciencebuff.org

  • Contact

    [1] 716 896 5200
    Fax: [1] 716 897 6723

  • Address

    Clinton Herbarium
    Buffalo Museum of Science
    1020 Humboldt Parkway
    Buffalo, New York 14211-1293
    U.S.A.
    http://www.buffalomuseumofscience.org/div_botany.html

  • CITES

    US 124

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants, fungi, and mosses; Boletaceae; Pottiaceae

    Geography: New York and Ontario; western North America and Mexico

  • Notes

    Updated April 2012. BUF is one of the nine oldest intact herbaria in U.S. It includes duplicate material of many botanists active in the mid- to late-1800s. About one in 200 of the cryptogamic collections is a type. Post-1970 bryophyte collections of BUF, including all post-1970 types, placed on permanent loan to MO in 2002.

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  • Number of Specimens

    115000

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

    1862

  • Updated

    /04/2012

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Buffalo Botanic Garden;
    CANI (4500 specimens) in 1997.

  • Important Collectors

    C. J. Awald, C. Babington, J. L. Berlandier, R. F. Blasdell, J. L. Blum, M. N. Blytt, H. N. Bolander, A. W. Chapman, F. S. Collins, J. P. Couthouy, H. T. Croasdale, F. J. Dorst, H. K. D. Eggert, W. G. Farlow, A. Fendler, A. B. Ghiesbreght, E. Hall, J. P. Harbour, W. G. W. Hartford, W. Herbst, A. B. Hervey, T. P. James, A. Kellogg, E. H. Ketchledge, C. L. Lesquereux, T. F. Lucy, J. Macoun, P. MacOwan, C. T. Mohr, V. von Mueller, E. Palmer, C. H. Peck, H. W. Ravenel, J. Richardson, J. L. Russell, W. P. Schimper, J. Torrey, J. H. Wibbe, M. Wilson, F. Wolle, C. Wright