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Herbario de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC-USCG)

The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Herbarium (USCG), created in 1923 by the Guatemalan botanist Ulises Rojas, is the oldest in the country. The USCG Herbarium contains more than 47,000 specimens from Guatemala, grouped in 273 families, 1,959 genera and 6,842 species of hepatics, mosses, ferns, vascular plants, lichens and macrofungi. / El Herbario Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USCG), instaurado por el botánico guatemalteco Ulises Rojas en 1923, es el más antiguo del país. La colección del Herbario USCG cuenta actualmente con más de 47,000 ejemplares que corresponden a 273 familias, 1,959 géneros y 6,842 especies de hepáticas, musgos, helechos, plantas con semillas, líquenes y macrohongos.

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Collection Statistics

  • 5,609 specimen records
  • 5,286 (94%) georeferenced
  • 265 families
  • 869 genera
  • 1,647 species

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 16 May 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import from GuatemalaPortal
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Geographic Distribution - Panama
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