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Address:
Botaniska museet, Ö. Vallg. 18, SE-223 61 Lund, Sweden
Contact:
Ingvar Kärnefelt, Museum Director
Ingvar.Karnefelt@botmus.lu.se
Museichef@botmus.lu.se
Phone: + 46 (0) 46 222 9559
Fax: + 46 (0) 46 222 4234
Links:
Biologiska museerna (Botaniska museet & Zoologiska museet)
Lunds universitet
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Description:
The collections of the Botanical Museum comprise approximately 2.5 million specimens. Most of these are vascular plants, although lichens, mosses and fungi are other well represented groups. The Agardh collection of algae, from the 19th century, is of great international importance. There are approximately 50000 specimens, more than 5000 of which are types.
Other important and frequently requested collections are the Preiss herbarium collected in Australia and the Retzius herbarium from the 18th century. More recently, important collections have been compiled within the Flora Hellenica and Flora of Skåne projects. The largest cryptogam collection is the lichen herbarium. There are 170000 specimens, half of which are collected in the Nordic countries.
The zoological collections, founded in 1735, are among the oldest and largest in Northern Europe. There are some 10 million specimens of which the vast majority are insects. The annual acquisition is approximately 30000 specimens. The holdings include large collections of type material. There are approximately 15000 insect types, 150 vertebrates and 1400 invertebrates, other than insects. Important insect collections, holding type material, are Zetterstedt's, Fallén's, Dahlbom's, and Thomson's among others. Vertebrates are mainly Pisces and Reptilia. One important collection of invertebrates is Oscar Carlgren's Anthozoa collection which includes 66 types. There is also a small exhibition of taxonomical and historical interest, open to the public by appointment.
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