Herbario Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Herbário BHCB
Departamento de Botânica
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Caixa Postal 486, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte,
Minas Gerais
Brazil

Tel: 55 (31) 3409-2672
Fax: 55 (31) 3409-2671
Web: http://depto.icb.ufmg.br/dbot/?pag=servicos_ver&id_serv=NQ==&act=8

Dr. Alexandre Salino
Email: bhcbufmg@gmail.com

The BHCB herbarium begin the activities in 1969. The BHCB contains with 135.000 specimens of vascular plants from some Brazilian regions, mainly from southeastern Brazil, especially of Minas Gerais state. The type collection contain with about 500 specimens. At BHCB there are important collections from Cerrados (savannas), campos rupestres (rocky grasslands), and semideciduous forests of Minas Gerais state, as well as a significant collection from ironstone outcrops, an endangered Brazilian ecosystem.

Materials of Special Interest:

• At BHCB there are significant collections of lichens from Serra da Piedade and Serra do Caraça – Minas Gerais; pteridophytes from Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and São Paulo states; neotropical Vitaceae; Myrtaceae and Solanaceae from Brazil; Brazilian species of Habenaria (Orchidaceae).
• The families best represented in type collection are: Melastomataceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Myrtaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Liliaceae, Rubiaceae, and Verbenaceae. Some historical collections are available: Gardner, Glaziou, Markgraf, Mello Barreto, Mendes Magalhães, and Schwacke.

Materials contributed by Herbario Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BHCB):

• Specimens