UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections

Address:
Herbario SANT, Laboratorio de Botánica, Facultade de Farmacia, Campus Universitario Sur, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela

Opening Hours:
Closed to general public, except during special exhibitions
Open on week days (11-19, by previous appointment) to scientific staff

Contact:
herbario@usc.es
bvherbar@usc.es
Phone: +34-981594488 ext. 14977 & 15022
Fax: +34-981594912

Additional information:
Worldwide exchange and loan of specimens is available for scientific institutions. Updated information about many of these specimens is available on internet biodiversity databases (http://www.gbif.es, http://www.gbif.org).

Links:
Herbario SANT
University of Santiago de Compostela

Description:
SANT herbarium collections constitute the main source of botanical information, preserved plant specimens and germplasm within Galicia (Northwest Spain).

We also store other collections from worldwide investigations (Chile, Ecuador, Brasil, ...), and several type specimens.

Further Reading:
Izco, J. (2007): "El Jardín Botánico de Fonseca", in J.S. Sanmartín Miguez & B. Brasa Arias (coords.), "De Pharmaceutica Scientia. 150 Años de la Facultad de Farmacia (1857-2007). Vol. I: La Historia" - Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. http://www.150facultadefarmacia.com/simal/AFG/jardinbotanico/izco.pdf