List of herbaria in North America
This is a list of herbaria in North America, organized first by country or region where the herbarium is located, then within each region by size of the collection. All herbarium codes follow the Index Herbarium.[1] For other continents, see List of herbaria.
Canada
Central America and the Caribbean
The table below lists herbaria located in Central America and the Caribbean.
Name | No. Specimens[1] | Code[1] | Country | City | Website |
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Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática | 400,000 | HAC | Cuba | Havana | |
Herbario Paul C. Standley, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana | 240,000 | EAP | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | |
Herbario Nacional, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica | 215,000 | CR | Costa Rica | San José | |
Institute of Jamaica | 125,000 | IJ | Jamaica | Kingston | |
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad | 110,000 | INB | Costa Rica | Santo Domingo de Heredia | |
Herbario Prof. Dr. J. Bisse, Jardín Botánico Nacional | 100,000 | HAJB | Cuba | Havana | |
Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso | 100,000 | JBSD | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | |
Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad | 92,000 | BSC | Cuba | Santiago de Cuba | |
Herbario Luis A. Fournier, Universidad de Costa Rica | 90,000 | USJ | Costa Rica | San José | |
University of San Carlos of Guatemala | 84,000 | AGUAT, BIGU, USCG | Guatemala | Guatemala City | |
The National Herbarium of Trinidad and Tobago | 70,000 | TRIN | Trinidad | St. Augustine | |
University of Panama | 67,000 | PMA | Panama | Panama City | |
Cyril Hardy Nelson-Sutherland Herbarium, National Autonomous University of Honduras | 45,000 | TEFH | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | |
University of Puerto Rico | 43,000 | UPRRP | Puerto Rico (USA) | San Juan | |
Universidad de El Salvador | 35,000 | ITIC | El Salvador | San Salvador | |
University of the West Indies | 34,000 | UCWI | Jamaica | Kingston | |
Herbario Rafael M. Moscoso, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra | 25,000 | UCMM | Dominican Republic | Santiago de los Caballeros | |
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala | 25,000 | UVAL | Guatemala | Guatemala City | |
National Autonomous University of Nicaragua | 25,000 | HULE | Nicaragua | León | |
Asociación Jardín Botánico La Laguna, Urbanización Plan de La Laguna | 25,000 | LAGU | El Salvador | La Libertad | |
Herbario Juvenal Rodríguez, National University of Costa Rica | 15,000 | JVR | Costa Rica | Heredia | |
Herbario Nacional de Nicaragua, Universidad Centroamericana | 15,000 | HNMN | Nicaragua | Managua | |
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | 15,000 | SCZ, STRI | Panama | Balboa | |
Forest Department Herbarium, Ministry of Natural Resources, Local Government, and the Environment |
10,000 | BRH | Belize | Belmopan | |
Rafael M. Moscoso Herbarium, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo | 10,000 | USD | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo |
Mexico
Name | No. Specimens[1] | Code[1] | State | City | Website |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | 1,120,000 | MEXU | Distrito Federal | Mexico City | |
Instituto Politécnico Naciona, Mexico | 950,000 | ENCB | Distrito Federal | Mexico City | |
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. | 310,000 | XAL | Veracruz | Xalapa | |
Universidad de Guadalajara | 169,000 | IBUG | Jalisco | Zapopan |
United States
References
- Thiers, B. (ed.). "Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff". The New York Botanical Garden. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- Austin Peay State University, at Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections
- Berea College, at Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections
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