Established | 5 October 1953 |
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Location | Kraków, Poland |
Coordinates | 50°06′N 20°00′E / 50.1°N 20°E |
Key holdings | Polish Academy of Sciences |
Director | Lucyna Śliwa |
Website |
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The Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany (Instytut Botaniki im. Władysława Szafera, Polish) in Kraków, Poland is a major European herbarium containing a collection of over 650,000 vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, fungi, lichens, and various plant fossils. [1] The vascular plant specimens are primarily from Central Europe with a specialization in alpine plants. [1] The bryophytes are Polish, Antarctic and subAntarctic, and East African. [1] The fossil plants are largely Central European. [1] Main publications include Acta Palaeobotanica, and the Polish Botanical Journal. [1]
The herbarium was established in the 1950s by professor of botany and paleobotany, Władysław Szafer, at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. [2]
Established | 5 October 1953 |
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Location | Kraków, Poland |
Coordinates | 50°06′N 20°00′E / 50.1°N 20°E |
Key holdings | Polish Academy of Sciences |
Director | Lucyna Śliwa |
Website |
www |
The Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany (Instytut Botaniki im. Władysława Szafera, Polish) in Kraków, Poland is a major European herbarium containing a collection of over 650,000 vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, fungi, lichens, and various plant fossils. [1] The vascular plant specimens are primarily from Central Europe with a specialization in alpine plants. [1] The bryophytes are Polish, Antarctic and subAntarctic, and East African. [1] The fossil plants are largely Central European. [1] Main publications include Acta Palaeobotanica, and the Polish Botanical Journal. [1]
The herbarium was established in the 1950s by professor of botany and paleobotany, Władysław Szafer, at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. [2]