The MAR Herbarium was created on July 8, 2013 by the current curator, Prof. Dr. Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr., in the Biology Department of the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), São Luís, Maranhão. It currently has 15,929 records, consisting of phanerogams, ferns and lycophytes, algae, fruits and an ethnobotanical collection. The collection is essential for the knowledge of the flora of a region of unique ecological transition in Brazil, Maranhão, in addition to being an essential tool for the training of undergraduate and graduate students (in courses such as Biological Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry) and serves as a basis for the development of dozens of scientific studies, including dissertations, theses and published articles. Despite being a relatively new herbarium, MAR has already consolidated itself as the largest herbarium in terms of the number of records in Maranhão and one of the most important for the documentation of the flora of the Brazilian Northeast, a region historically little sampled.

Online since: 08/07/2013
Last update: 05/12/2025

Conditions for using the data

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How to cite

Herbário do Maranhão, MAR (https://herbario-do-maranhao-mar.webnode.page/)

Subcollections

• MAR-Algas - Herbário do Maranhão-Algas
• MAR-Briofitas - Herbário do Maranhão-Briófitas
• MAR-Carpoteca - Herbário do Maranhão-Carpoteca
• MAR-Etno - Herbário do Maranhão-Etnobotânica
• MAR-Fanerogamas - Herbário do Maranhão-Fanerógamas
• MAR-Gim - Herbário do Maranhão-Gimnospermas
• MAR-SL - Herbário do Maranhão-Samambaias e Licófitas

Contacts

Director or head of department:
Silvio Gomes Monteiro
silvio.gm@ufma.br
Curator:
Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr.
eduardo.almeida@ufma.br
Biologist:
Dayane Sousa Candido
sousa.dayane@discente.ufma.br
Technician:
Maria Luiza Alves Soares
mla.soares@discente.ufma.br