The Herbarium of the Department of Botany UFRRJ, registered in the Index Herbarium with the acronym RBR was founded in 1916. Currently comprises ca. 40,000 specimens, mainly of angiosperms, followed by ferns. The collection is divided into collections: a general collection (35,620), ethnobotany collection (780), collection of bee plants (200), plant collection Marambaia - RJ (2800) and Biological Tinguá Reserve - RJ (1600 ). It has about 150 types nomenclatural. Their role is vital to the global effort to catalog biodiversity and mitigate their loss.

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Herbário do Departamento de Botânica da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - RBR

Contacts

Director or head of department:
Marilena de Menezes Silva Conde
lenaconde@yahoo.com.br
Curator:
Eliane de Lima Jacques
ejacques@ufrrj.br
Substitute curator:
Genise Vieira Somner
genisesomner@gmail.com
Technician:
Thiago de Azevedo Amorim
thiagodb@ufrrj.br