**Code**: [ATHU](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125433) **Organization**: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens **Department**: Faculty of Biology **Location**: Athens, Greece **Total number of specimens**: 107000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1850 **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Greece **Incorporated herbaria**: Benaki Phytopathological Institute. **Important collectors**: T. von Heldreich, T. G. Orphanides, B. Tuntas **Notes**: Updated Dec 2017 (Staff). The mycological portion of the herbarium has now been registered as a separate collection under the code ATHUM. Types not sent on loan. Vascular plants collections open upon request. Director of ATHU is the only staff member of the Botanical Museum. Others listed are staff members of the Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-01-12 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.