Cornell University

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  • Name

    Cornell University

  • Herbarium Code

    BH

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Kevin Nixon, Curator, herbarium@cornell.edu

  • Contact

    607-255-0443
    Email: herbarium@cornell.edu

  • Address

    L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium
    Section of Plant Biology - SIPS
    College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
    Cornell University
    440 Mann Library
    Ithaca, NY 14853
    United States
    http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/herb.htm

  • CITES

    US 081

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Worldwide Cyperaceae; Arecaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Malvaceae; Fagaceae; Fabaceae; gymnosperms; bryophytes

    Geography: U.S. and tropics; New York; northeastern U.S.; Japan; worldwide

  • Notes

    Updated February 2024 (email address change for correspondence). 134 000-piece historical collection of nursery and seed catalogs. 30 000-volume botanical and horticultural library. Large collection of liquid-preserved palm material (fruits, flowers, and woody parts) and anatomical slides. Photographs of palm types of O. Beccari, C. F. P. von Martius, R. Spruce, and J. W. H. Trail. Seed reference collection for northeastern U.S. C. H. Muller oak collection. A. LeRoy Andrews bryophyte collection. Non-NY State collections from Rochester Academy of Science (ca. 22.000 vascular plant specimens and ca. 5,000 bryophyte and lichen specimens, of which the lichens have been transferred to CUP).

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  • Number of Specimens

    845000

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

    1935

  • Updated

    01/02/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Cornell Plantations, One Plantations Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, [1] 607/ 255-2400.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    CU (323 852 specimens) in 1977;
    part of GESU in 1984.;
    part of ROCH in 2017.

  • Important Collectors

    S. H. Burnham, K. M. Wiegand, W. C. Muenscher, A. L. Andrews, H. Mann, Jr., J. K. Small, L. H. Bailey, R. T. Clausen, C. H. Muller, H. E. Moore