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National Herbarium | |
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Type | Herbarium |
Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Opened | 1975 |
Collections | ~100,000 |
The National Herbarium is an herbarium, located in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The largest herbarium in Pakistan, it was established in 1975 with Dr. Ralph Randles Stewart's collection as its initial beginning. [1] 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.