Instituto Chinoin, A.C.

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  • Name

    Instituto Chinoin, A.C.

  • Herbarium Code

    AMO

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Elizabeth Santiago Ayala, Curator, sayalae2014@gmail.com

  • Contact

    [52] 55 55 20 7860

  • Address

    Herbario
    Herbario AMO
    Instituto Chinoin, A.C.
    Montañas Calizas 490Lomas de Chapultepec
    Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México 11000
    Mexico

  • CITES

    MX-HR-004-MEX

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Mexican and neotropical Orchidaceae.

    Geography: Mexico, neotropical

  • Notes

    About 4000 living Orchidaceae collections. Curatorial database: AMO-DATA. Number of registered specimens: 115 000; Orchidaceae, especially Mexican and Epidendrum of the Neotropics. Includes 60 000 slides of specimens located in other herbaria worldwide, 2000 types. The collection of original botanical illustrations surpasses 5400.

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  • Number of Specimens

    26700

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants 26700 26700
  • Date Founded

    1976

  • Updated

    12/10/2021

  • Important Collectors

    R. L. Dressler, E. W. Greenwood, E. Hágsater, R. Jiménez M., K. E. M. Oestlund, G. E. Pollard, S. Rosillo de Velasco, G. A. Salazar, M. A. Soto