The Herbarium Professor Geraldo Carlos Pereira Pinto (GCPP), was created on 04/17/2015, in honor of the Bahian agronome that contributed greatly to the knowledge of the flora of Bahia and the domesticated flora such as oil, cocoa and some introduced grasses. The GCPP's mission is to show, study, safeguard and disseminate knowledge about plant diversity, with special attention to the Flora of the Atlantic Forest of the Southern Extreme of Bahia. Currently, the collection has about 3,000 samples, of which 1,815 are registered in a database. The collection has so far recorded 112 families of Flower plants, 08 of Ferns and Lychophytes and 01 Bryophytes, mainly from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia and other Phytogeographic Domains of the state. It has 01 Type Nomenclatural. In addition to the collection of exsiccates, the GCPP has other associated Collections of Pollen (palinoFloras), Fruits, Seeds and Wood.

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