The herbarium of the museum, referred to by code PC, includes a large number of important collections amongst its 2 000 000 cryptogams (algae, bryophyta, fungi and lichens) specimens.

These collections are constitued by a general herbarium and numerous private collections such as Allorge, Bescherelle, Bourdot & Galzin, Heim, Hue, Montagne, Romagnesi, Sauvageau, Thuret & Bornet herbaria.

Specimen data shared with speciesLink refer to those collected in South America.

Online since: 09/04/2020
Last update: 20/11/2024

Conditions for using the data

The publisher and rights holder of this work is MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. This work is licensed under a <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode' target='_blank'>Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License</a>.

How to cite

MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (2020). The cryptogamy collection (PC) at the Herbarium of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris)

Contacts

Curator:
Bruno Reviers, de
Curator:
Catherine Rausch
Curator:
Line Legall
Information technology:
Marc Pignal
pignal@mnhn.fr