Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana

  • Name

    Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana

  • Herbarium Code

    CITRO

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Thorsten Krömer, Senior Researcher and Professor at Universidad Veracruzana, tkromer@uv.mx
    Roberto Castro-Cortés, Academic Technician, rocastro@uv.mx

  • Contact

    [52] (228) 842-17-00 Ext. 12666
    [52] 228 842 1700 ext. 12645

  • Address

    Herbario
    Centro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana
    Calle José María Morelos No. 44 y 46, Zona Centro
    Xalapa, Veracruz 91000
    Mexico
    https://www.uv.mx/citro/herbario-citro/

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Endemic flowering plants; Ferns and vascular epiphytes

    Geography: Tropical Mexico, especially Veracruz State

  • Notes

    Entered Oct 2022. The best represented groups in the herbarium are mexican ferns, vascular epiphytes and endemic plants of Veracruz State. Entered January 2023. It is important to note that all collected specimens are added to an internal database, but only a small number remain in the Citro collection, many are distributed to herbaria in Mexico.

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  • Number of Specimens

    1396

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 0 0 0
    Bryophytes 0 0 0
    Fungi/Lichens 0 0 0
    Pteridophytes 449 2028 0
    Seed Plants 919 3053 0
  • Date Founded

    April 2010

  • Updated

    30/01/2023

  • Associated Institution

    Universidad Veracruzana

  • Important Collectors

    C.I. Carvajal-Hernández, H.D. Krömer