Herbaria in the Philippines

Reference: New York Botanical Garden Index Herbariorum

https://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp

Philippine National
Herbarium (PNH)
National Museum of the
Philippines, P. Burgos
Drive, Rizal Park, Manila

Source:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/National_Mus
eum%2C_Philippines.JPG/800px-National_Museum%2C_Philippines.JPG

History

History

Established in 1901
Dr. Elmer Merrill gave
form and substance.
Dr. Eduardo
Quisumbing took over
in 1924.
WWII destroyed the
collections.
Reference: National Museum of the Philippines Website

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nal_Museum%2C_Philippines.JPG/800px-National_Museum
%2C_Philippines.JPG

Dr.
El
me
r
Me
rril
l

Source:http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/libr/finding_guid
e/images/merrill.jpg

Dr. Eduardo
Quisumbing

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AAAAAACc/q3_qlgwwHdI/s400/quisumbingb.JPG

Collections

~180,000 herbarium
specimens

Angiosperms,
gymnosperms,
pteridophytes (ferns and
fern allies), bryophytes
(mosses, hepatics and
liverworts), algae, and fungi.

Source:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/National_Mus
eum%2C_Philippines.JPG/800px-National_Museum%2C_Philippines.JPG

Jose Vera Santos Memorial Herbarium

(PUH)

Source:http://www.biology.upd.edu.ph/features/feat1/feature.jpg

Institute of Biology, National Science Complex, College of Science,

University of the Philippines Diliman, Diliman, Quezon City

Collections
~ 30,000 herbarium specimens.
Angiosperms (71%), Bryophytes (12%),
Pteridophytes (11%), Gymnosperms (1%),
Unclear (5%).

Reference: PUH Website

University of the Philippines- Los Baos

Botanical Herbarium (CAHUP)

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ChxogyPk/s1600/DSC_0180.JPG

Museum of Natural History, University of the

Philippines Los Baos, Laguna

Collections

Source:http://mnh.uplb.edu.ph/images/banners/collections-herbarium.jpg

Reference: UPLB Museum of Natural HistoryWebsite

66,000 specimens
6,500 angiosperm
species
1,000 fern and fern
allies
3,600 mosses
260 hepatics and
algae

University of the Philippines- Los Baos

Forestry Herbarium (LBC)

Museum of Natural
History
University of the
Philippines
Los Baos, Laguna

Collections

13, 600 specimens

135 families
More than 1,500
species
700 specimens of
Palms (18 genera and
103 species)

Source:http://mnh.uplb.edu.ph/images/banners/collections-forestry.jpg

Reference: UPLB Museum of Natural HistoryWebsite

Forest Products Research and Development Institute

Herbarium (CLP)

http://www.fprdi.dost.gov.ph/images/news/img_sl_office2.jpg

Department of Science and Technology

Forest Products Research and Development
Institute
College, Laguna

Collections

~2,400 specimens (NYBG index herbariorum)

Wood and Herbarium library with 16,348
specimens (FRPDI website)

Ecosystem Research and

Development Bureau
Herbarium (EBL)
ERDB Botany Laboratory and
Herbarium, College of Forestry
and Natural Resources,
Ecosystem Research and
Development Bureau main
office, Laguna

http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/images/botany-herbarium01.jpg

Collections

http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/images/botany-herbarium02.jpg
http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/images/botany-herbarium03.jpg

Reference: ERDB Website

2,800 specimens
Forest trees, Rattans,
Bamboos, ferns, vines.

University of San
Carlos Herbarium
(CEBU)
Biology Department,
University of San Carlos,
Cebu City, Cebu

http://www.finduniversity.ph/resizeimg.aspx?
imgpath=/_resources/business/7005/university-of-san-carlos-433.jpg&d=440

Collections

~16, 500 specimens

Also houses
specimens outside of
the PH.

Reference: USC Website

Cebu State College

of Science and
Technology Herbarium
(CSCS)
Agricultural Biology Laboratory
College of Agriculture
Cebu State College of Science and
Technology,
Lahug
Cebu City

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Official_Seal_of_the_Cebu_Technolog
ical_University.png

Collections

~5,892 specimens

Collected from around

the world

Other Herbaria in the PH

UPLB Mycological
Herbarium (CALP)

http://mnh.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/collections/mycological-herbarium

G.T. Velasquez Phycological

Herbarium (MSI)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/UP_Diliman_Marine
_Science_Institute_Logo.jpg

Philippine National Botanic

Garden Herbarium (PNBG)

Central Mindanao University

Herbarium (CMUH)

http://www.planta.cn/forum/files_planta/about_central_mindanao_u
niversity_143.jpg

Northern Luzon University

Herbarium (NLUH)

http://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2001/2203535119_5c65675798.jpg

Palawan State University

Herbarium (PPC)

http://www.myuniversityeducation.com/components/com_mtree/img/
listings/m/158.jpg