Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
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Name
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
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Herbarium Code
UVAL
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Current Status
Active
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Correspondents
Javier Aju, Herbarium Coordinator, Ljaju@uvg.edu.gt
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Contact
[502] 2369 0791
[502] 2364 0336 ext. 21530
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Address
Herbario UVAL
Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad
Instituto de Investigaciones
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
11 Calle 15-79, Zona 15, Vista Hermosa III.
Guatemala City, Guatemala 01015
Guatemala
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Specialty
Taxonomic Coverage: Economic plants; tropical flora; Orchidaceae, Bromeliaceae, gymnosperms
Geography: Guatemala
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Notes
Herbario UVAL is close to celebrate 50 years as the official Universidad del Valle Herbarium, founded in 1976 by Dra. Elfriede Pöll to serve as an educational collection. Herbarium UVAL is a collection housing over 23,000 accessions of mostly flowering plants that record the diversity of Guatemala’s flora. Updated June 2023
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Number of Specimens
23000
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Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged Algae Bryophytes Fungi/Lichens Pteridophytes 500 Seed Plants 20500 -
Date Founded
1974
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Updated
20/06/2023
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Important Collectors
E lfriede Pöll, Margaret Dix, Michael Dix, Laura Schuster, Tracy Parker
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Correspondents
Javier Aju, Herbarium Coordinator, Ljaju@uvg.edu.gt
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