Leiden Collections

Numbers and arrangement
Some figures on the Leiden collections and their arrangement.
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Incorporated herbaria
In the course of years a number of herbaria and large collections have been transferred to the Leiden herbarium.
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Important collections
The Leiden branch houses many unique and important collections of which only a few can be mentioned here.
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Ancillary collections
Many herbarium collections have accessory material, such as spirit material, wood samples, and photographs.
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Special collections
Apart from the ordinary collection, and their ancillary collections, the Leiden herbarium houses a number of collections of special interest such as an economic botany collection, collections of plant fossils and plant galls, and a number of very important historical collections.
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Location of the Leiden collections
Where to find the different collections?
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Plant families and their numbers in the Leiden herbarium (alphabetic order)
Here you can find an alphabetical list of plantfamilies represented in the Leiden herbarium, together with their corresponding family number.
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Numbers of the plant families in the Leiden herbarium (numerical order)
Here you can find the numbers of the plant families represented in the Leiden herbarium in numerical order.
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