Hebario Instituto de Botânica
CEP 04301-012, São Paulo
Brazil
Fax: ['55+11+50736300, ext. 302', '55+11+50733678']
Web: http://www.ibot.sp.gov.br/index.php
Maria Candida Henrique Mamede, Dra.
Email: mcmamede@gmail.com
The Herbarium of the Instituto de Botânica (SP) started in 1917 as the Section of Botany of Instituto Butantã, by the initiative of Frederico Carlos Hoehne, a fine botanist who would be the first headmaster of the institution. In 1923, the collections were transfered to the Museu Paulista, best known as "Museu do Ipiranga". By that time, the historical collections of "Comissão Geográfica e Geológica do Estado de São Paulo" (CGG) were accessed to it. These collections represent the first expedition totally planned, organized and maintained by the State Government, and represents the original vegetation of the State of São Paulo by the end of the XIX century, before the industrial and agriculture expansion in the state. In 1938, the collections were enrichned by new ones, especially as a result of Hoehne's studies on Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba Biological Station, and the herbarium was transfered to Instituto de Botânica, were it belongs till present.
The plant collections of Herbarium SP are among the most important in the State of São Paulo. This vast and intensely managed collection of more than 400,000 specimens represents a regional and national resource. This collection is the charge of the scientific and support staffs of the Division of Plant Taxonomy, whose responsibility is to curate and augment these significant research and reference materials, so that both current and future investigators may draw upon this ever improving resource. The collections comprises all group of plants (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes, Briophytes, Algae) and Fungi (including Lichenes). Accessory collections include a wood collection, anatomical and palynological slide collections.
Materials of Special Interest:
- Comissão Geográfica e Geológica do Estado de São Paulo (Ca. 6000 exsicatae)
- Hoehne's Collections
- Usteri's Collections