Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

  • Name

    Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

  • Herbarium Code

    BIGU

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Mario Esteban Véliz Pérez, Curator, marioeveliz@yahoo.com

  • Contact

    [502] 24189422
    [502] 24188000 ext. 1517
    Fax: [502] 24189422
    Email: marioveliz@yahoo.com

  • Address

    Herbario
    Escuela de Biología
    Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia
    Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
    Zona 12
    Guatemala City
    Guatemala

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Pteridophytes; Pinophyta; epiphytes; Poaceae; Asteraceae

    Geography: Guatemala; cloud forest; dry forest; high mountain

  • Notes

    Updated Aug 2011 (contact info, updated collection total, new staff).

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  • Number of Specimens

    59103

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

    1982

  • Updated

    /08/2011

  • Important Collectors

    E. Archila, H. Hernández, J. Linares, E. Martínez, A. Molina, M Sousa-Sanchez, M. Véliz, J. Viñals