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Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA

facade of Harvard Herbaria building

In botany, an herbarium is the building where the specimens are stored, or the scientific institute that not only stores but researches these specimens. A dried plant mounted on a sheet also is an herbarium. In scientific literature herbaria are recognized by acronyms, for example NY specimens are kept in New York Botanical garden.

Related pages

herbal - description of plants and their uses, common in the Middle Ages

Images for kids

Herbarium specimens ("exsiccatae") of various Nepenthes at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France
Herbarium book with Japanese plants, Siebold collection Leiden, 1825
Preparing a plant for mounting
A large herbarium may have hundreds of cases filled with specimens.
The Swedish Museum of Natural History (S), Stockholm, Sweden

See also

In Spanish: Herbario para niños

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