W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences

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  • Name

    W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences

  • Herbarium Code

    KRAM

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Lucyna Śliwa, Curator of the Herbarium; Director of the Institute, l.sliwa@botany.pl
    Anna Ronikier, a.ronikier@botany.pl
    Marcin Piątek, Head of Mycology (Fungi) Department, m.piatek@botany.pl
    Beata Paszko, b.paszko@botany.pl
    Ryszard Ochyra, Professor Emeritus, Honorary Curator of the Herbarium, r.ochyra@botany.pl
    Adam Flakus, a.flakus@botany.pl
    Halina Bednarek-Ochyra, Professor Emerita, h.bednarek@botany.pl

  • Contact

    [48] 12 424 1776
    [48] 12 424 1737
    Fax: [48] 12 421 9790
    Email: nkb@botany.pl

  • Address

    Herbarium KRAM
    National Biodiversity Collection of Recent and Fossil Organissms
    W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences
    Lubicz 46
    Kraków PL-31-512
    Poland
    http://www.botany.pl

  • CITES

    CITES: No. PL 100A; EORI number: PL 67500018110000

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants (653 000 specimens); bryophytes (277 000 specimens); algae (4 000 specimens); fungi (61 000 specimens); lichens (74 500 specimens); myxomycetes (1 800 specimens); palaeobotanical collection (47 000 specimens). Special collections - iconotheca of algae (408 000 items); palaeobotanical reference matreials: slides of pollen and spores (17 000 specimens); algae cultures; fungi cultures; DNA isolate collection;

    Geography: Europe (Central European mountains, Poland), Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, Subantarctica (South Georgia, Prince Edward Islands, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Heard Island, Macquarie Island)

  • Notes

    Updated 10 July 2024. For additional information see: Polish Herbaria, Polish Botanical Studies - Guidebook Series No. 2 (1990) and No. 18 (1997).

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  • Number of Specimens

    1069500

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 4000 1500 1500
    Bryophytes 277500 1100 1100
    Fungi/Lichens 135500 78000 6800
    Pteridophytes 30000
    Seed Plants 623000 20000 20000
  • Date Founded

    1867

  • Updated

    11/07/2024

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Bolestraszyce Arboretum (BDPA) - lichens, ca. 9000 specimens (in 2009);
    Jagiellonian University (KRA) - bryophytes, ca. 11 500 specimens (on permanent loan, in 1954);
    University of Agriculture in Kraków - fungal collection of S. Domański, ca. 7000 specimens (on permanent loan, in 2004);
    University of the National Education Commission, Kraków - collection of the genus Rosa of R. Popek, ca. 20 000 specimens (in 2015).

  • Important Collectors

    H. Bednarek-Ochyra, U. Bielczyk, K. Birkenmajer, W. Boberski, J. Bystrek, A. Chlebicki, E. Cieślak, S. Cieśliński, B. Cykowska, K. Czyżewska, I. Dąbkowska, J. L. De Sloover, S. Domański, W. Fałtynowicz, A. Flakus, L. Frey, E. Fudali, J. E. Gilibert, K. Glanc, B. Godzik, K. Grodzińska, E. G. Janczewski, A. Jasiewicz, J. Jundziłł, K. Karczmarz, J. Kiszka, B. Kotula, J. Krupa, H. Krzemieniewska, B. Krzewicka, M. Kuc, M. Kukwa, R. I. Lewis Smith, F. Lilienfeld, S. Lisowski, B. A. Lynge, J. Mądalski, T. Majewski, C. M. Matteri, Z. Mirek, M. Mizianty, J. Motyka, T. Mrozińska, B. Namysłowski, J. Nowak, R. Ochyra, L. Olesiński, W. Paul, B. Pawłowski, J. Piątek, M. Piątek, H. Piękoś-Mirkowa, J. Piórecki, R. Popek, T. Pócs, M. Raciborski, A. Rehmann, A. Ronikier, M. Ronikier, K. S. Rouppert, J. R. Shevock, J. Siemińska, A. Ślęndziński, L. Śliwa, A. Środon, K. Starmach, A. Stebel, W. Stec-Rouppertowa, H. Streimann, L. Stuchlik, T. Sulma, B. Szafran, Z. Tobolewski, F. Yu. Velichkevich, G. Vončina, Z. Wacławska, C. M. Wetmore, K. Wilk, W. Wojewoda, K. Wołoszyńska, G. Worobiec, J. Wójcicki, A. Wróblewski, J. Zabłocki, W. Zabłocki, J. Żarnowiec, K. Zarzycki, M. Zielińska