Herbarium collections
Collected specimens serve as a source of knowledge for study of floristic richness of West Carpathians and Pannonia and are a basis for taxonomic and chorological research of plants, an evidence of occurence of extinct species and deposit of distinguished types in many cases. Collections are internationally recorded and serve to Slovak as
well as to foreign experts. Institute provides service of collection for universities and for other research institutions and free international loan service.
CULTURE COLLECTION OF CYANOBACTERIA AND ALGAE -
about 100 cultures from different groups cyanobacteria and algae are maintained at the Institute of Botany for research,
teaching, water management purposes etc. This is the only collection of the phototrophic microorganisms in
Slovakia.
(currator:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Frantisek HINDAK, DrSc.)
COLLECTION OF FUNGI - includes 2,094 specimens.
(currator:
MSc. Anna GUTTOVA, PhD.)
HERBARIUM COLLECTION OF LICHENS - includes about 10,000 specimens mainly from
Central and South Europe. Lichenes selecti exsiccati (collected by A. Vězda,
numbers 2,001–2,500), Lichenes rariores a Poloniae
meridionales are of particular interest.
(currator:
MSc. Anna GUTTOVA, PhD.)
HERBARIUM COLLECTION OF BRYOPHYTES - includes about 1,000 specimens.
(currator:
MSc. Anna GUTTOVA, PhD.)
HERBARIUM OF VASCULAR PLANTS - was founded in 1953 and up to the
present time more than 100,000 specimens have been collected. Herbarium of dr. F. Nábělek is an important part of the
herbarium and includes 6,343 specimens from Asia Minor and Iran.
(currator:
MSc. Marian PERNY)
Persons showing interests in study of herbarium materials are asked to inform of planed visit in advance.