University of Barcelona

  • Number of Specimens

    436000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 9400 6640 5
    Bryophytes 64000 33385 0
    Fungi/Lichens 60000 11850 44
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants 300000 169240 1500
  • Date Founded

    1920

  • Updated

    20/02/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Biology and Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment of Faculty of Farmacy and Food Science of University of Barcelona

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    BCC (190 000 specimens of algae, bryophyts, fungi, lichens, vascular plants ) in 2001;
    BCF (115 000 specimens, mainly of vascular plants and algae) in 2001;
    MUB - Lich (11 000 specimens of lichens) in 2007, HMIM (9 000 specimens of vascular plants) 2015 BCB (60.000 specimens of Bryophyts in 2017)

  • Important Collectors

    C reu Casas, J. M. Egea, P. Font i Quer, , X. Llimona, M. T. Losa, J. Molero, J. Planellas, Sennen, J. Texidor, A. Gómez-Garreta, A. Ribera Siguan