With ca. 6,000,000 specimens, the herbaria of the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (CJB) rank among the most important botanical collections in the world, inherited from a botanical tradition that dates back to the 18th century. It includes plant and fungal specimens from across the world, with special emphasis on the Mediterranean area, Near- and Middle-East, South America and Europe.
The general herbarium (G) is the open access part of the collection, whereas several separated herbaria are closed, i.e. excluded from loan (G-DC; G-BOIS; G-BU; Prelinnean collection). In order to improve access to these collections, the CJB has undertaken a digitization programme of herbarium specimens (databasing of the labels and scanning of the specimens). All this information is managed through the Système d'Informations Botanique de Genève (SIBG).

Conditions for using the data

Use of reduced images (JPEG format) The images available on the Geneva Herbaria Catalogue can be freely used in the framework of research or education programs. Nevertheless, a request has to be made to the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (see adress below) and the source of the image must be explicitly cited (see text below). These images are in JPEG format, and generaly are not suitable for publication. Request and use of original images (TIFF format) High resolution images (TIFF format) suitable for publication are available upon request. Like for the reduced images, source must be explicitly cited (see text below). Acknowledgments and credits to the Geneva Herbarium Catalogue.

How to cite

Catalogue des herbiers de Genève (CHG). Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève. 09-01-2014 (http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/chg)

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