Herbario AH - Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Área Botánica
Facultad de Biología, Ciencias Ambientales y Química
Campus Universitario, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km 33,600
28871 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Spain
Fax: [34] 918855066
Web: http://www.madrimasd.org/cienciaysociedad/museos/integrantes/museos/MuseosUniversitarios/muah/herbario_uah/default.asp?pest=0
Fco. Javier Rejos Ballesteros, Conservador del Herbario AH
Tel: [34] 918854980
Fax: [34] 918855066
Email: fjavier.rejos@uah.es
Manuel Peinado Lorca
Tel: [34] 918854945
Email: manuel.lorca@uah.es
The AH Herbarium consists of three main sections: vascular plants (including pteridophytes), fungi and myxomycetes. These collections have a dual purpose: serve as testimony to taxonomic research, floristry, and chorological geobotánica that takes place in this university department, and are used to supplement teaching in different subjects of the degrees in Biology, Pharmacy and Environmental Sciences.
Fungi (35,000 copies) and myxomycetes (5000) come mostly from the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic and Canary Islands. These specimens are added to North Africans and Americans, gathered in the field of various research projects carried out by members of this department. Among them are two hundred samples of material type.
Vascular plants are represented by about 35,000 signatures, including 15,000 in personal herbarium of Dr. Esteve Chueca. They come mainly from the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic and Canary Islands, maintaining quotas under former African territories were Spanish colonies (Morocco, Sahara, Mauritania and Ifni) and U.S. territories (U.S. and Mexico).
Materials of Special Interest
- Historical collection of Prof. Fernando Esteve Chueca