National Biodiversity Centre

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  • Name

    National Biodiversity Centre

  • Herbarium Code

    THIM

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Rinchen Yangzom, National Herbarium Curator and Principal Biodiversity Officer, ryangzom@moaf.gov.bt

  • Contact

    [975] 2 351 218
    [975] 2 351 278
    Fax: [975] 2 351 219

  • Address

    National Herbarium
    Ministry of Agriculture
    National Biodiversity Centre
    P.O. Box 875
    Thimphu
    Bhutan

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes and Bryophytes.

  • Notes

    Updated Apr 2017 (Staff, geocoordinates, notes updated). The National Herbarium was initiated by the Department of Forests and Parks Services in conjunction with the Flora of Bhutan Project in the mid 1970s. In 1987 the herbarium was moved to Taba and housed with the forest research library under the Forest Research Division. With the establishment of National Biodiversity Centre in 1999, the herbarium was relocated to the present location at Serbithang. The new herbarium building at Serbithang was completed in 2002, with funding support from Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).

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  • Number of Specimens

    15000

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

    1911

  • Updated

    /04/2017

  • Important Collectors

    C. M. A. Stapleton, F. Ludlow, R. Bedi, J. R. I. Wood, R. Nawang, D. G. Long, H. J. Noltie, S. Tsering, R. E. Cooper, G. Taylor, G. Sherriff, C. Parker, A. J. C. Grierson