Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"
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Name
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"
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Herbarium Code
BA
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Current Status
Active
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Correspondents
Isabel Vilanova, curator of Actuopalynology, ivilanova@macn.gov.ar
Georgina Del Fueyo, Curator of Fossil Plants, gdelfueyo@macn.gov.ar
Diego Gutiérrez, Curator of Plants, digutier@macn.gov.ar
Pedro Gutiérrez, Curator of Paleopalynology, pedroraulgutierrez@gmail.com
María Quartino, Curator of Algae, Fungi, Lichens and Bryophytes, maliquar@macn.gov.ar -
Contact
[54] 11 4982 1561
[54] 11 4982 6595
[54] 11 4982 6670
Fax: [54] 11 4982 5243; 4982 4494
Email: herbario@macn.gov.ar -
Address
Herbario
Botánica
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"
Avenida Angel Gallardo 470
Buenos Aires (CABA), Buenos Aires C1405DJR
Argentina
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CITES
AR 001
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Specialty
Taxonomic Coverage: All plant groups; fossil plants mainly of Argentina
Geography: Argentina, the Neotropics, and the Southern Hemisphere
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Notes
Updated Oct 2019. (major update). Shipment of botanical specimens should be sent by regular mail, i.e. not by private couriers (such as FedEx, DHL and so on). BA contains more than 320000 specimens: vascular plants (242300 specimens including 1000 types), algae (4300), fungi (700), lichens (1500), bryophytes (44000), actuopalinology (3200), paleopalynology (6900), and fossil plants (13800 including 140 types). Ministry of Culture and Education, Secretary of Science and Technology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
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Number of Specimens
320000
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Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged Algae 4300 Bryophytes 44000 Fungi/Lichens 2200 Pteridophytes Seed Plants 241300 -
Date Founded
1854
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Updated
01/11/2019
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Associated Institution
Associated universities: Universidad de Buenos Aires. Universidad de La Plata. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
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Incorporated Herbaria
BACP: 20000 specimens (in 2004), former Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos;
BUEN: 8000 specimens (in 2003), former Administración de Parques Nacionales;
Flora criptogámica Fueguina CONICET, former Centro de Investigación de Biología Marina (CIBIMA) -
Important Collectors
S. Archangelsky, P. Arenas, M. Arriaga, E. Bachman, M. Bonetti, O. Bracaccini, A. Burkart, A. L. Cabrera, B. Calvielo, R. Capurro, C. Carl de Donterberg, A. Castellanos, M. Collantes, D. Cozzo, A. Faggi, C. De Ferraris, E. de la Sota, C. Di Persia, E. Feruglio, H. Harrington, G. G. Hässel de Menéndez, L. Hauman, P. Jörgensen, O. Kühnemann, C. M. Matteri, C. A. Menéndez, G. Niederlein, R. A. Pérez-Moreau, A. Piátnitzky, A. Pozzo, C. Pujals, H. Quiroga, T. Rojas, J. Ruiz-Guiñazú, E. Sánchez, C. J. F. Skottsberg, S. S. Solari, P. N. Stipanicic, M. Toursarkissian, M. A. Turic, J. C. Turner, S. Venturi, W. Volkheimer, A. Windhausen, S. Yacubson
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Correspondents
Isabel Vilanova, curator of Actuopalynology, ivilanova@macn.gov.ar
Georgina Del Fueyo, Curator of Fossil Plants, gdelfueyo@macn.gov.ar
Diego Gutiérrez, Curator of Plants, digutier@macn.gov.ar
Pedro Gutiérrez, Curator of Paleopalynology, pedroraulgutierrez@gmail.com
María Quartino, Curator of Algae, Fungi, Lichens and Bryophytes, maliquar@macn.gov.ar
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