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Herbarium Code (Identification)

Definition:

Observations:

1. This field is used in botany and paleobotany to identify specimens from officially recognized herbariums registered in international directories.
2. Acronyms: consult the following directory for the official acronym of the herbarium: Holmgren, P.K. and N. H. Holmgren, 1998 onwards (continuously updated), Index Herbariorum, New York Botanical Garden.¹ The following is a partial list of the acronyms it suggests:
   
   

   A	Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
   BH	Herbarium, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
   BLFU	Geo. Potts Herbarium, Univ. of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
   BRY	Stanley L. Welsh Herbarium, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
   CAN	National Herbarium of Canada, Vascular plants section, CMN, Ottawa, Ont., Can.
   CANM	National Herbarium of Canada, Bryophyte section, CMN, Ottawa, Ont., Can.
   DUKE	Herbarium, Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
   F	Herbarium, Field Museum of Nat. Hist., Chicago, IL, USA
   GH	Gray Herbarium, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
   KE	Herbarium, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH, USA
   MICH	Herbarium, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
   MIN	Herbarium, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
   MO	Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MS, USA
   MONTU	Herbarium, Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
   MT	Herbier Marie-Victorin, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que., Can.
   NSW	Nat. Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
   NY	New York Bot. Garden, Bronx, NY, USA
   P	Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
   PAC	Herbarium, Penn. State Univ., Univ. Park, PA, USA
   PH	Acad. of Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, USA
   SMU	Herbarium, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX, USA
   TEX	Herbarium, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
   UNCC	Herbarium, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA
   US	USA National Herbarium, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, DC, USA
   WIS	Herbarium, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
   WS	Herbarium, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

3. N.B.: The Source field contains the name of the originating herbarium only if the specimen was still part of its collection when your institution acquired it.
   Example 1

   A specimen from the Herbier Marie-Victorin obtained in an exchange by the Musée de la nature et des sciences

   	Institution Name	Musée de la nature et des sciences
   	Herbarium Code	MT
   	Acquisition Mode	exchange
   	Source	Herbier Marie-Victorin

   Example 2

   A specimen given by the National Herbarium of Canada to the Royal Ontario Museum, originally from the Herbier Marie-Victorin

   	Institution Name	Royal Ontario Museum
   	Herbarium Code	MT
   	Acquisition Mode	gift
   	Source	National Herbarium of Canada

Entry rules:

1. Enter the acronym representing the originating herbarium of the specimen.
2. This field may not contain more than one entry.