National Herbarium of the Netherlands

National Herbarium of the Netherlands

The National Herbarium of the Netherlands (Dutch: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland) was established in 1999 through a decentralized merger of the major university herbaria of Leiden (also known as the Rijksherbarium), Utrecht and Wageningen. The combined collection of some 5.5 million specimens makes it one of the largest in the world.

Herbaria of several classic botanist are in the collections, e.g.

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