University of Gothenburg

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Name

University of Gothenburg
Herbarium Code

GB
Current Status

Active
Correspondents

Claes Gustafsson, Head Curator, claes.gustafsson@bioenv.gu.se
Ellen Larsson, Senior Curator of Fungi, ellen.larsson@bioenv.gu.se
Contact

Email: herbariet@bioenv.gu.se
Address

Herbarium GB
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Gothenburg
Medicinaregatan 19
Gothenburg SE-413 90
Sweden
http://bioenv.gu.se/forskning/forskningsresurser/herbarium
CITES

SE 004
Specialty

Taxonomic Coverage: All groups

Geography: Worldwide, especially South America, Hawaii, Middle East, Mediterranean, and Scandinavia
Notes

Originally dating back to 1778 as part of a Naturalie Cabinett belonging to the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Göteborg. Transferred in 1833 to the Natural History Museum in Göteborg. Reorganized as Herbarium of the Göteborg Botanical Garden in 1929. Transferred to Göteborgs Universitet in 1962. Swedens Virtual Herbarium: http://herbarium.emg.umu.se/index.html
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Date Founded

1926
Updated

01/09/2023
Associated Institution

Gothenburg Botanical Garden.
Important Collectors

L. Andersson, J. Eriksson, G. Harling, A. von Hayek, E. Jaasund, F. Kingdon-Ward, T. Levring, A. H. Magnusson, C. J. F. Skottsberg, K. A. H. Smith, S. Suneson, P. Wendelbo