Ministry of Agriculture

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  • Name

    Ministry of Agriculture

  • Herbarium Code

    BAG

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Najwan Abbas, national_herbarium_iraq@yahoo.com

  • Contact

    [964] 511 6237

  • Address

    National Herbarium
    State Board for Seed Testing and Certification
    Ministry of Agriculture
    Abu-Ghraib
    Baghdad
    Iraq

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants

    Geography: Iraq

  • Notes

    Updated Oct 2017 (staff). The plant families in the herbarium are arranged in the Hutchinson sequence, and within each family are sorted alphabetically by genus and species. The herbarium of Iraq has issued many publications, including the Flora of Iraq, which is one of the important and the famous floras in the middle east.

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  • Number of Specimens

    60000

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

    1946

  • Updated

    /10/2017

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Botanical Garden of Za'afaraniya.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Rustam Herbarium.

  • Important Collectors

    A. D. Q. Agnew, H. Alizzi, J. Alkas, A. Al-Rawi, F. A. Barkley, J. F. N. Bornmüller, J. Bruguiere, C. W. Chapman, F. R. Chensey, A. Eig, J. B. Gillett, R. J. D. Graham, E. Guest, R. W. Haines, H. Handel-Mazzetti, H. C. Haussknecht, C. G. T. Kotschy, Y. Lazar, F. W. Noë, G. A. Olivier, K. H. Rechinger, F. A. Rogers, Y. Sa'dun, I. Serhang, S. Y. Serkahia, M. Zohary