Herbarium of the University of Zürich

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  • Name

    Herbarium of the University of Zürich

  • Herbarium Code

    Z

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Heike Hofmann, Curator of Bryophytes, heike.hofmann@systbot.uzh.ch
    Reto Nyffeler, Curator, reto.nyffeler@systbot.uzh.ch

  • Contact

    [41] 44 634 84 11
    Fax: [41] 44 634 84 03

  • Address

    Herbarium of the University of Zürich
    Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
    Herbarium of the University of Zürich
    Zollikerstrasse 107
    Zürich CH-8008
    Switzerland
    http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch

  • CITES

    CH 015

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Algae, fungi, bryophytes, and vascular plants

    Geography: Worldwide; especially Central Europe, southern Africa, New Caledonia

  • Notes

    In 1990, the Herbarium of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ZT) and the Herbarium of the Universität Zürich (Z) were combined to work together as United Herbaria Zürich Z+ZT. Requests for material to either Z or ZT will be considered as a request to both institutions. Address given above concerns the plant collections of Z+ZT. The bryophyte collection of BERN is maintained separately.The address for the fungi and lichen collections can be found under the entry for ZT. URL of the herbarium is https://www.herbarien.uzh.ch

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  • Number of Specimens

    1840000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 50000 0 0
    Bryophytes 350000 132800 132800
    Fungi/Lichens 20000 0 0
    Pteridophytes 180000 3600 3600
    Seed Plants 1240000 164000 164000
  • Date Founded

    1834

  • Updated

    13/04/2022

  • Associated Institution

    Herbarium der ETH Zürich;Associated garden: Botanischer Garten der Universität Zürich.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    BERN (2008;
    bryophytes)

  • Important Collectors

    J. H. Albrecht, O. Appert, M. Baumann-Bodenheim, W. Becker, A. Braun, P. Culmann, A. U. Däniker, K. Dinter, A. Ernst, W. Geilinger, J. Gessner, M. B. F. Gugelberg von Moos, J. Hegetschweiler, T. von Heldreich, T. C. J. Herzog, H. Hürlimann, R. Keller, K. U. Kramer, F. Markgraf, I. Markgraf-Dannenberg, J. Müller, M. Rautanen, A. Rehmann, J. J. Roemer, W. Schibler, H. Schinz, F. R. R. Schlechter, H.-J. E. Schlieben, E. Schmid, E. Sickenberger, H. Siegfried, H. U. Stauffer, A. F. Stolz, A. Thellung, E. Werdermann, F. O. Wolf, G. A. Zenker, E. Zogg