Makerere University

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  • Name

    Makerere University

  • Herbarium Code

    MHU

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Mary Namaganda, Curator, mnamaganda@cns.mak.ac.ug

  • Contact

    [256] 41 42471; 56661 to 56665, ext. 384

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Botany Department
    Makerere University
    P.O. Box 7062
    Kampala
    Uganda

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All groups except hepatics; eastern coastal algae

    Geography: Tropical eastern Africa and vicinity

  • Exchange

    Exchange Available: Eastern African vascular plants and lichens

    Exchange Wanted: South America; Asia; central and western Africa

  • Notes

    Updated Jul 2017 (Correspondents, specimen total, staff updated). 238 species are digitised including medicinal plants, timber species, threatened species, economically important species, timber species, Kawanda types and Makerere Herbarium types.

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    95000

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

    1946

  • Updated

    /07/2017

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Makerere University Botanic Garden.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    ENT in part (10 000 specimens collected before 1993).

  • Important Collectors

    R. W. Harker, L. L. Muwanga, C. N. Kiragga, W. J. Eggling, J. C. Moran, E. M. K. Sali, J. B. Andoth, G. Schaller, J. Leggat, L. E. Murray, Y. C. Obina, M. E. Morrison, E. Rukuba, L. C. C. Lebenberg, D. Bacon, J. M. Lock, G. H. S. Wood, W. J. J. O. de Wilde, A. Jasi, H. S. Dawkins, R. J. Chancellor, M. S. Phillips, P. Chancellor, F. Nsubuga, J. Hemsley, M. P. H. Katland, B. Hunley, J. T. Dawe, R. Fyffe, K. A. Lye, J. W. Byabainazi, F. H. E. A. W. Robyns, J. B. C. Ngobi, G. R. Murusya, S. Agali, A. W. Kigundu, I. R. Dale, H. R. Webb, F. D. Maitland, D. Namuddu, C. S. Cree, A. C. Hamilton, R. Ross, S. D. Mukasa, A. B. Brown, H. K. Kimera, J. H. Blower, S. L. Bandio, D. Haneech, C. G. Hansford, R. Oakley, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, P. Misyla, A. G. Bagshawe, A. Laton, W. J. Drummond, D. Muir, A. B. Cahusac, H. A. Osmaston, A. J. Nsereko, P. K. Karani, R. J. W. Rwomusana, C. H. Kabuye, C. M. Harris, J. Wright, D. Leuchars, H. B. Brown, R. A. Brutt, E. R. N. Nkurunziza, J. W. Purseglove, R. M. Davier, C. J. Lukabyo, E. Kawuma, L. S. Wing, J. Louis, F. C. Hummel, E. B. Muwebe, M. Musoke, J. W. B. Rolfe, N. V. Brasnett, J. Wakabi, R. W. Freeman, N. Masembe, R. G. Sangster, P. J. Greenway, R. B. Faden, A. D. Q. Agnew