Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"

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  • Name

    Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"

  • Herbarium Code

    BA

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Isabel Vilanova, curator of Actuopalynology, ivilanova@macn.gov.ar
    Georgina Del Fueyo, Curator of Fossil Plants, gdelfueyo@macn.gov.ar
    Diego Gutiérrez, Curator of Plants, digutier@macn.gov.ar
    Pedro Gutiérrez, Curator of Paleopalynology, pedroraulgutierrez@gmail.com
    María Quartino, Curator of Algae, Fungi, Lichens and Bryophytes, maliquar@macn.gov.ar

  • Contact

    [54] 11 4982 1561
    [54] 11 4982 6595
    [54] 11 4982 6670
    Fax: [54] 11 4982 5243; 4982 4494
    Email: herbario@macn.gov.ar

  • Address

    Herbario
    Botánica
    Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"
    Avenida Angel Gallardo 470
    Buenos Aires (CABA), Buenos Aires C1405DJR
    Argentina
    http://www.macn.secyt.gov.ar/cont_Gral/home.php

  • CITES

    AR 001

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: All plant groups; fossil plants mainly of Argentina

    Geography: Argentina, the Neotropics, and the Southern Hemisphere

  • Notes

    Updated Oct 2019. (major update). Shipment of botanical specimens should be sent by regular mail, i.e. not by private couriers (such as FedEx, DHL and so on). BA contains more than 320000 specimens: vascular plants (242300 specimens including 1000 types), algae (4300), fungi (700), lichens (1500), bryophytes (44000), actuopalinology (3200), paleopalynology (6900), and fossil plants (13800 including 140 types). Ministry of Culture and Education, Secretary of Science and Technology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

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  • Number of Specimens

    320000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 4300
    Bryophytes 44000
    Fungi/Lichens 2200
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants 241300
  • Date Founded

    1854

  • Updated

    01/11/2019

  • Associated Institution

    Associated universities: Universidad de Buenos Aires. Universidad de La Plata. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    BACP: 20000 specimens (in 2004), former Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos;
    BUEN: 8000 specimens (in 2003), former Administración de Parques Nacionales;
    Flora criptogámica Fueguina CONICET, former Centro de Investigación de Biología Marina (CIBIMA)

  • Important Collectors

    S. Archangelsky, P. Arenas, M. Arriaga, E. Bachman, M. Bonetti, O. Bracaccini, A. Burkart, A. L. Cabrera, B. Calvielo, R. Capurro, C. Carl de Donterberg, A. Castellanos, M. Collantes, D. Cozzo, A. Faggi, C. De Ferraris, E. de la Sota, C. Di Persia, E. Feruglio, H. Harrington, G. G. Hässel de Menéndez, L. Hauman, P. Jörgensen, O. Kühnemann, C. M. Matteri, C. A. Menéndez, G. Niederlein, R. A. Pérez-Moreau, A. Piátnitzky, A. Pozzo, C. Pujals, H. Quiroga, T. Rojas, J. Ruiz-Guiñazú, E. Sánchez, C. J. F. Skottsberg, S. S. Solari, P. N. Stipanicic, M. Toursarkissian, M. A. Turic, J. C. Turner, S. Venturi, W. Volkheimer, A. Windhausen, S. Yacubson