Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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  • Name

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center

  • Herbarium Code

    WAG

  • Current Status

    Permanently closed

  • Contact

    [31] 71 7519600
    Fax: [31] 71 7519666
    Email: botaniecollectie@naturalis.nl

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Botany
    Naturalis Biodiversity Center
    P. O. Box 9517
    Leiden 2300 RA
    The Netherlands

  • CITES

    NL 001

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Cultivated ornamentals; food plants; mainly vascular plants

    Geography: Worldwide, especially tropical Africa, Mediterranean, and Europe

  • Notes

    Updated June 2022. The WAG herbarium is since 2014 part of the Leiden herbarium (L) of Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Updated May 2015. In 2014 transfered to Leiden, curated as a separate collection.

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  • Number of Specimens

    1000000

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

    1896

  • Updated

    15/06/2022

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    African vascular plants of GRO;
    Asian and various plants of former Colonial Museum Haarlem;
    Dutch cultivated plants of WAHO;
    WBS (25 950 specimens) in 1999.

  • Important Collectors

    J. C. Arends, C. G. Baenitz, B. Balansa, H. J. Beentje, W. Beijerinck, R. G. van den Berg, M. A. van Bergen, P. C. Billot, P. E. Boissier, B. K. Boom, J. J. Bos, E. Bourgeau, F. J. Breteler, J. de Bruin, G. Clifford, K. Dinter, E. M. C. Groenendijk, F. von Hausmann zu Stetten, H. C. Haussknecht, T. von Heldreich, C. F. Hochstetter, R. F. Hohenacker, A. Huet du Pavillon, J. W. A. Jansen, P. C. M. Jansen, J. Jeswiet, P. C. de Jong, C. C. H. Jongkind, J. de Koning, C. G. T. Kotschy, J. L. Kralik, F. M. van der Laan, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, A. M. Louis, L. J. G. van der Maesen, J. K. Morton, F. I. van Nek, F. W. Noë, T. G. Orphanides, J. M. Reitsma, H. Ross, A. G. H. Rudatis, C. Salle, G. H. W. Schimper, R. R. Schippers, F. R. R. Schlechter, M. Schlechter, S. Segal, P. E. E. Sintenis, M. S. M. Sosef, L. A. Springer, W. C. H. Staring, A. C. W. Staring, H. U. Staufer, J. M. C. Stevels, A. F. Stolz, W. F. R. Suringar, A. Touw, J. Valckenier Suringar, J. C. Vegilin van Claerbergen, P. Vermeulen, A. G. Voorhoeve, V. Westhoff, J. J. Wieringa, D. O. Wijnands, J. J. F. E. de Wilde, W. J. J. O. de Wilde, H. C. D. de Wit, G. A. Zenker, A. P. M. van der Zon