Universidad Nacional de Loja

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  • Name

    Universidad Nacional de Loja

  • Herbarium Code

    LOJA

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Zhofre Aguirre Mendoza, Director, Zhofre.aguirre@unl.edu.ec

  • Contact

    [593] 07 2547275
    Email: herbarioloja@unl.edu.ec

  • Address

    Herbario “Reinaldo Espinosa”
    Departamento de Botánica y Ecología
    Facultad Agropecuaria y de Recursos naturales Renovables
    Universidad Nacional de Loja
    Pio Jaramillo AlvaradoLa Argelia y Reinaldo Espinosa
    Loja, Loja
    Ecuador

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Ecuadorian medicinal plants

    Geography: Ecuador, especially Loja, Esmeraldas, and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces

  • Notes

    Updated Jan 2017 (general update). The botanical library available to all researchers. It includes over 2500 volumes (1000 book and monograph titles and nearly 1000 serial titles), collections of archives and manuscripts, photographs, botanical art, and artifacts.

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  • Number of Specimens

    55000

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

    1946

  • Updated

    13/10/2020

  • Associated Institution

    Jardín Botánico “Reinaldo Espinosa”

  • Important Collectors

    R. Espinosa, P. Lozano, B. Merino, F. Vivar