University of Calcutta

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  • Name

    University of Calcutta

  • Herbarium Code

    CUH

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Debabrata Maity, debmaity@yahoo.com

  • Contact

    Email: debmaity@yahoo.com

  • Address

    Calcutta University Herbarium
    Department of Botany
    Taxonomy and Biosystematics
    University of Calcutta
    35, Ballygunge Circular Road
    Kolkata, West Bengal 700 019
    India

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Angiosperms, Bryophytes, Algae, Fungi

    Geography: India, Malesia, Germany, S. America

  • Notes

    Recently the herbarium has been reorganized

  • Feedback

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  • Number of Specimens

    30000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 100
    Bryophytes 3000
    Fungi/Lichens 50
    Pteridophytes 25
    Seed Plants 26825
  • Date Founded

    1920

  • Updated

    13/03/2018

  • Important Collectors

    G. King, H. Kunstler, Rev. Father Scortichini, Jr. Wary, H.O. Forbes, A. Campbell, S.P. Agharkar, H.L. Ckakravarty, A.K. Sharma, J.C. Banerjee, S.K. Mukherjee, N.D. Paria, P.K. Mukherjee, B. Dutta, D. Maity