National Herbarium, Pakistan Explained

National Herbarium
Type:	Herbarium
Location:	Islamabad, Pakistan
Collections:	~100,000
Opened:	1975

The National Herbarium is an herbarium, located in Islamabad, Pakistan.

History and collection

The largest herbarium in Pakistan, it was established in 1975 with Dr. Ralph Randles Stewart's collection as its initial beginning.^[1] It has a collection of over 100,000 plants. The plants in the herbarium are divided into magnoliophytes (dicotyledons and monocotyledons), gymnosperms, and pteridophytes (or ferns) and they are placed according to families, genera; and species arranged in alphabetical order.

See also

• List of botanical gardens in Pakistan
• List of herbaria

• https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:gN2mT_b1kuIJ:www.cbd.int/doc/world/pk/pk-nr-01-en.pdf+National+Herbarium+Islamabad&hl=en&gl=pk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgBaPahwBvZqT-h0ctWlHyX8AA0-LGLA6_-6KOF2G-v8bznTKowWQK1zDPnkFfbSGFd0yhAnLL9oAmHvPAMC3jT9TsmotEsIJJGvBe56NHEuK96U1MwH2TeDzFPfjKMQRj2X2ZF&sig=AHIEtbQjvNJ0pGM7mPtZNY9aMyf77A-Cug Pakistani biodiversity

Notes and References

1. Tribsch . Andreas . Frahm . Jan-Peter . Eggers . Jens . February 2002 . Schmid . Rudolf . Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen . Taxon . 51 . 1 . 221 . 10.2307/1555001 . 1555001 . ResearchGate. subscription .