Universidad de Málaga

  • Name

    Universidad de Málaga

  • Herbarium Code

    MGC

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    José García-Sánchez, Curator, herbariomgc@uma.es

  • Contact

    [34] 952 137 414
    Email: herbariomgc@uma.es

  • Address

    Herbario MGC de la Universidad de Málaga
    Servicios Centrales de Apoyo a la Investigación (SCAI)
    Ciencias de la Vida. Herbario
    Universidad de Málaga
    Avda. Louis Pasteur. Facultad de Ciencias. Área de Botánica
    Málaga, Málaga E-29010
    Spain
    www.mgc.uma.es

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: epiphytic lichens; algae; bryophytes; aerobiological pollen; pteridophytes; vascular plants

    Geography: Iberian-Mediterranean region; Iberian Peninsula; Andalusian (Spain) and Morocco

  • Exchange

    Exchange Available: Andalusian vascular plants; southern Spanish algae

    Exchange Wanted: Mediterranean vascular plants; worldwide pteridophytes; tropical algae

  • Notes

    Alternative website: www.scai.uma.es/servicios/ciencias_vida/herbario/herbario.html. The important collectors have been selectioned according to having collecting more than 5% of the whole collection that they have been dedicated. The herbarium also has a Palynological Collection, which comrpises more than 20,000 microscope preparations (all databased) of which 2,200 are already imaged.

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  • Number of Specimens

    106700

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 5511 5511 30
    Bryophytes 5800 580 2
    Fungi/Lichens 349 349 0
    Pteridophytes 5373 5373 5
    Seed Plants 89590 89590 335
  • Date Founded

    1972

  • Updated

    01/07/2022

  • Important Collectors

    A. Asensi, A. V. Pérez Latorre, B. Cabezudo, B. Díez Garretas, D. Navas, F. Conde, F. Casimiro-Soriguer, J. Guerra, J. M. Nieto, O. Gavira, P. Navas, Y. Gil