The National Herbarium is an
herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...
, located in
Islamabad,
Pakistan.
History and collection
The largest herbarium in Pakistan, it was established in 1975 with Dr.
Ralph Randles Stewart
Ralph Randles Stewart (April 15, 1890 – November 6, 1993) usually referred to as R. R. Stewart, was a botanist and principal of Gordon College (Pakistan).
Education
Stewart was born in Hebron, New York. He obtained his B.A. and Ph.D. deg ...
's collection as its initial beginning. It has a collection of over 100,000 plants. The plants in the herbarium are divided into
magnoliophytes (
dicotyledon
The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, t ...
s and
monocotyledons),
gymnosperms, and
pteridophytes (or ferns) and they are placed according to families, genera; and species arranged in alphabetical order.
See also
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List of botanical gardens in Pakistan
A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research and education. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with ...
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List of herbaria
This is a list of active herbaria, organized first by continent where the herbarium is located, then within each continent by size of the collection. The list is based on the Index Herbariorum, a global directory of herbaria and their associated s ...
Pakistani biodiversity
1975 establishments in Pakistan
Botanical gardens in Pakistan
Pakistan
Islamabad
Organizations established in 1975
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