Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

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  • Name

    Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

  • Herbarium Code

    P

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Vanessa Invernon, Collections Manager, vanessa.invernon@mnhn.fr
    Germinal Rouhan, Scientific Head (P, PC), rouhan@mnhn.fr

  • Contact

    Email: http://colhelper.mnhn.fr/

  • Address

    Herbier National
    Direction des Collections, CP39
    Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
    57 rue Cuvier
    Paris 75231 cedex 05
    France
    http://colhelper.mnhn.fr/; please use "requests on the Museum's collections" web interface for any formal request. A user account must be created and loan applications must come from a curator in charge of a collection.

  • CITES

    FR 75A

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants

    Geography: Worldwide, especially Africa (northern, western, and equatorial), southeastern Asia, France, Europe, French Guiana, Madagascar, Mascarene and subantarctic islands, New Caledonia, Horne Islands, and Vanuatu

  • Notes

    Please use \"requests on the Museum\'s collections\" web interface for any formal request (Loan, visit, image,…): http://colhelper.mnhn.fr/ A user account must be created and loan applications must come from a curator in charge of a collection. Historical herbaria stored separately at P include: P-Ad. (Adanson); P-JJR (Aublet and J.-J. Rousseau); P-Bonpl. (Bonpland and Humboldt); P-Isn. (Danty d\'Isnard); P-JU (Jussieu family); P-LA (Lamarck); P-Desf. (Desfontaines Flora Atlantica; main herbarium of Desfontaines at FI); P-Forst. (J. G. A. and J. R. Forster); P-TRF (Tournefort and Plumier); P-HA (von Haller); P-LOUR (Loureiro); P-MICH (A. and F.-A. Michaux); P-POUR (Pourret). P-CHEV (Chevalier), P-CO (Cosson), P-DU (Durand), and Vaillant herbaria have been incorporated in P. For recent information about regional herbaria located in Muséums d\'Histoire Naturelle de Province, see Collections Publiques et Musées d\'Histoire Naturelle en France (L. Leclaire and M. Blanc, coord.-edit., Muséum National d\'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1-154. 1989). Ministère de l\'Education Nationale

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  • Number of Specimens

    6000000

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

    1635

  • Updated

    28/06/2022

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    ABT (20 000 specimens);
    B. de Retz (60,000 specimens) in 2003;
    most phanerogams of CN.;
    PCU incorporated in P (2004);
    SCB (3600 specimens) in 1970

  • Important Collectors

    J. G. Adam, M. Adanson (P-Ad.), C. d' Alleizette, J. Arènes, J. M. C. Arvet-Touvet, E. Aubert de la Rue, J. B. C. F. Aublet (P-JJR), A. Aubréville, H. E. Baillon, B. Balansa, T. N. Baudin, R. Benoist, C. P. Béranger, J. Berhaut, P. Boccone, L. H. Boivin, H. F. Bon, R. N. Bonaparte, A. J. A. Bonpland (P-Bonpl.), H. Bordère, J. B. G. M. Bory de St.-Vincent, J. Bosser, E. Bourgeau, J. Burmann, E. G. Camus, F. A. Camus, R. Capuron, J. Cavalerie, A. J. B. Chevalier, F. F. Chevallier, L. Chevallier, H. Christ, P. Commerson, E. S.-C. Cosson, A. David, Marcel Debray, R. Decary, T. A. Delacour, P. J. M. Delavay, E. F. Deplanche, R. L. Desfontaines (P-Desf.), N. A. Desvaux, E. Didier, E. Drake del Castillo, J. F. Drège, L.-M. A. A. Du Petit-Thouars, F. Ducloux, J. S. C. Dumont d'Urville, E. M. Durand, P. A. Eberhardt, F. Evrard, P. G. Farges, L. Faurel, U. J. Faurie, A. L. A. Fée, J. G. A. Forster (P-Forst.), J. R. Forster (P-Forst.), I. Franc, A. R. Franchet, C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. Gay, J. Girault, A. F. M. Glaziou, R. Gombault, J. Goudot, J. C. M. Grenier, A. von Haller (P-HA), H. Humbert, F. W. H. A. von Humboldt (P-Bonpl.), G. de l' Isle, A.-T. D. d' Isnard (P-Isn.), V. Jacquemont, H. Jacques-Felix, P. Jaeger, H. É. Jeanpert, B. de Jussieu (P-JU), A. de Jussieu (P-JU), A. L. de Jussieu (P-JU), M. Keraudren-Aymonin, T.-J. Klaine, F. L. L'Herminier, Père L.-M. Lalonde, J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck (P-LA), A.-J. Le Rat, G. M. P. C. Le Testu, S.-R. Lenormand, J. B. L. T. Leschenault de la Tour, R. Letouzey, A. A. H. Léveillé, J. Loureiro (P-LOUR), A. Lourteig, R. C. J. E. Maire, L. J. E. Malinvaud, H. S. McKee, L. Mercurin, R. Meslin, A. Michaux (P-MICH), F.-A. Michaux (P-MICH), C. H. B. A. Moquin-Tandon, P. G. Morière, J. A. I. Pancher, J. M. H. A. Perrier de la Bâthie, E. P. Perrier de la Bâthie, P. A. Pételot, J. B. L. Pierre, C. Plumier (P-TRF), C. H. O. Pobéguin, E. Poilane, J. L. M. Poiret, P. A. Pourret (P-POUR), T. Puel, R. Quartin-Dillon, J. Raynal, E. J. Rémy, B. de Retz, A. Richard, J. A. Risso, J. J. Rousseau (P-JJR), C. Sacleux, P. A. Sagot, A. F. C. P. de Saint-Hilaire, R. A. A. Schnell, P. Sonnerat, J. A. Soulié, H. Soyaux, É. Spach, J. D. Surian, C. Tisserant, L. E. Tisserant, J. P. de Tournefort (P-TRF), J. M. C. de Tristan, J. L. Trochain, S. Vaillant, F. X. Vendrely, E. D. E. Vieillard, H. A. Weddell, G. A. Zenker, H. Zollinger