Collection code L

    Botany

    Netherlands (Kingdom of the)Leiden
    5,000,000 specimens

    Description

    Since 2014, the herbarium collections of Leiden, Utrecht, Wageningen and Amsterdam are included in the Botany Department of Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
    Taxonomic description
    No information
    Geographic description
    Wordwide, especially tropical Asia, tropical Africa, Central and South America
    Temporal description
    No information
    Notes
    Updated June 2022. Included WAG, U, and AMD which are merged with the Leiden (L) herbarium of Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
    Code
    L
    Number of specimens in collection
    5,000,000
    Online Catalog/Database
    URL for Collection's Web Services
    Homepage
    Accession status
    Institutional
    Incorporated collections
    • WAG in 2014 (1,000,000)
    • U in 2009 (900,000)
    • AMD in 2007 (200,000 specimens)
    • AVU in 1986 (40,000 specimens)
    • American and Asian vascular plants of GRO in 1984 (50,000 specimens)
    • Techn. Univ. Delft in 1983
    • NBV (150,000 specimens)
    • Laboratory for Experimental Plant Systematics, Leiden.
    • SRR (in part).

    Collection descriptors

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    Contacts

    Email
    Phone number
    Country
    Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
    City/Town
    Leiden
    Postal/Zip Code
    2333 CR
    Address
    Darwinweg 2
    Mailing address
    Country
    Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
    City/Town
    Leiden
    Postal/Zip Code
    2300 RA
    Address
    P.O. Box 9517

    Identifiers

    Code
    L
    Alternative codes
    • U
      Utrecht Herbarium
    • AMS
      Amsterdam Herbarium
    • Botany
      Code used in xhttps://doi.org/10.15468/ib5ypt
    • WAG
      Wageningen Herbarium
    Identifiers
    Entry created: March 31, 2020
    Last modified: July 30, 2025
    Modified by: ih-sync