Universidade do Algarve

  • Name

    Universidade do Algarve

  • Herbarium Code

    ALGU

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Maria Manuela David, Director, mdavid@ualg.pt

  • Contact

    [351] 289800932
    [351] 289800973
    Fax: [351] 28980068
    Email: mdavid@ualg.pt

  • Address

    Herbário
    Universidade do Algarve
    Edifício 8, Campus de Gambelas
    Faro 8005-139
    Portugal

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Algae from the Portuguese continental coast

    Geography: Portugal, especially Algarve

  • Notes

    Updated Oct 2016. This instittutions has two different collections ALGU-ALGAS (Algae) with about 12000 specimens (an estimated number of 500 species), and the ALGU-T (Tracheophyte) with more than 15000 specimens (an estimated number of 4100 species).

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  • Number of Specimens

    27000

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

    1988

  • Updated

    /10/2016

  • Important Collectors

    J. Antunes Guerra, C. Antunes, M. Beliz, M. Castro, S. Castroviejo, H. J. Diéz, J. Dóstal, J. Duvigneaud, E. G. Galiano, J. A. Guerra, N. Jacobsen, P. Montserrat, R. Morales, J. A. Pereira, H. Piekás, F. Raimundo, V. Rasteller, E. Rico, F. A. Soares, B. Valdés, A. S. Zubizarreta, J. R. Pinto, A. R. Almeida, E. Berecibar, R. Santos, J. Silva, A. Tavares