Type Herbarium Opened 1975 Founded 1975 | Location Islamabad, Pakistan Collections ~100,000 | |
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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. 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.
References
National Herbarium, Islamabad Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA