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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

  • 10,029 specimen records
  • 9,681 (97%) georeferenced
  • 8,010 (80%) with images (8,253 total images)
  • 8,334 (83%) identified to species
  • 293 families
  • 1,140 genera
  • 2,623 species
  • 2,688 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 10 March 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import from GuatemalaPortal
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achyranthes (2)
  • Alternanthera (6)
  • Amaranthus (12)
  • Chamissoa (2)
  • Chenopodium (38)
  • Dysphania (2)
  • Gomphrena (5)
  • Iresine (15)
  • Pleuropetalum (1)
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