Institution code LUND
Lund University Biological Museum
Description
Lund University Biological Museum is a merger between the Botanical Museum (LD) and the Museum of Zoology (MZLU) at Lund University. The collections were initiated in 1735, when Killian Stobaeus donated his collections to the university. Note the code LD is still used for the botanical collections, while the code MZLU is used for the zoological collections. All groups worldwide, especially Scandinavia, Mediterranean, and South Africa. The museum is divided into three main collections, the botanical collections (vascular plants, mosses, lichens, fungi, and algae), the zoological collections (vertebrates and non-insect invertebrates), and the entomological collections (insects).
- Code
- LUND
- Number of specimens in institution
- 12,000,000
- Institutional disciplines
- Biological
- Taxonomy
- Founding date
- 1735
- Institution Type
- Museum
Contacts
- Phone number
- Country
- Sweden
- City/Town
- Lund
- Postal/Zip Code
- SE-22478
- Address
- Porfyrvägen 20
- Mailing address
- Country
- Sweden
- City/Town
- Lund
- Postal/Zip Code
- 223 62
- Address
- Sölvegatan 37
NW
Niklas Wahlberg
Scientific Director
Identifiers
- Code
- LUND
- Alternative codes
- ZMULCode from replaced entity f9a0de59-0fc4-4e6e-a985-0701f124ec1e
- MZLUCode used for zoological collections
- ZMLUCode from replaced entity 7d222a30-8593-4030-8e77-7596389a19b1
- LDCode used for botanical collections
- Additional names
- Herbarium
- Museum of Zoology
- Identifiers
- Identifier used by GBIF13edc77b-7023-4ddd-89c7-d883a480b294
Entry created: May 21, 2013
Last modified: May 23, 2024
Modified by: gbif-collections