LECB
- Name: Herbarium, Botany Department, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg University, Universitetskaya Emb. 7/9, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
- Herbarium Code: LECB
- Current Status: Active
- Number of Specimens: 800000
- Taxonomic Coverage: All groups
- Geography: Worldwide, mainly eastern Europe
- Date Founded: 1823
Notes
- Number of type specimens: more than 3,500 types, including those collected by: E. Boissier, V. Borbás, H. Cuming, A.P. de Candolle (1778–1841), J. Forster (1754–1794), W. Hooker (1785–1865), G. Schimper, V. Tineo, W. Besser, A. Bunge, R. Hohenacker (1798–1872), G. Karelin, I. Kirilov (1822–1842), St. Krasheninnikov (1711–1755), C. Ledebour, R. Maack, K. Meinshausen, C. Meyer, A. Nordmann, P. Pallas, Ch. Steven, N. Turczaninow (1793–1863), A. Schrenk, etc.;
- Bongard's collection includes around 1,450 type specimens (mostly syntypes and isotypes), e.g. 42 type specimens of the Restionaceae, with 33 of them described by K.S. Kunth, Corallorhiza mertensiana Bong., collected by K.H. Mertens at Sitka, Alaska.
External links
- биофак СПбГУ (Russian). Accessed: 19 August 2024.
- Index Herbariorum, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Accessed: 19 August 2024.
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