**Code**: [B](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124103) **Organization**: ZE Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin **Location**: Berlin, Berlin, Germany **Total number of specimens**: 3800000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1815 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially central Europe, Mediterranean area, southwestern Asia, Africa, Cuba, and South America **Incorporated herbaria**: DUSS (6000 specimens) in 1998, BHU (270 000 specimens) in 1993, KOELN (25 000 lichens) in 2005, BSB (15 000 specimens) in 2005 **Important collectors**: O. Behr, A. J. A. Bonpland, J. F. N. Bornmüller, A. C. H. Braun, S. E. Bridel, J. Clemens, M. Clemens, H. Dingler, K. Dinter, I. Dörfler, G. Follmann, J. G. A. Forster, J. R. Forster, J. -P. Frahm, A. Gundelsheimer, P. C. Hennings, G. H. E. W. Hieronymus, F. W. H. A. von Humboldt, E. A. W. Jahn, W. Kirschstein, J. F. Klotzsch, F. A. M. Kuhn, G. Kükenthal, G. Kunze, J. G. F.-X. Lahm, G. Lettau, J. H. F. Link, A. Ludwig, G. H. Mettenius, C. A. J. Milde, T. L. Nees von Esenbeck, T. R. J. Nitschke, A. Peter, C. G. T. Preuss, G. L. Rabenhorst, H. Schack, G. A. Schweinfurth, K. P. J. Sprengel, O. P. Swartz, J. P. de Tournefort, K. Touton, L. C. Treviranus, C. F. E. Warnstorf, H. E. Weber, C. L. Willdenow (B-W), E. Willing, G. Winter, W. Zopf **Notes**: Specimens of B-W (Herbarium Willdenow) not sent on loan. Herbarium destroyed by fire in 1943 except B-W, type material of selected angiosperms, pteridophytes, fungi p.p. (Uredineae and fungi imperfecti), and special collections (cf. Englera 7: 219-252. 1987 (http://www.bgbm.org/en/herbarium). Special collections of fruits and seeds, gymnosperm cones, spirit-preserved material, wood, fossils, and plant remains from Egyptian tombs. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-06-28 > [!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.