**Code**: [BA](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125321) **Organization**: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" **Department**: Botánica **Location**: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina **Total number of specimens**: 320000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1854 **Taxonomic coverage**: All plant groups; fossil plants mainly of Argentina **Geographic coverage**: Argentina, the Neotropics, and the Southern Hemisphere **Incorporated herbaria**: BACP: 20000 specimens (in 2004), former Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos, BUEN: 8000 specimens (in 2003), former Administración de Parques Nacionales, Flora criptogámica Fueguina CONICET, former Centro de Investigación de Biología Marina (CIBIMA) **Important collectors**: S. Archangelsky, P. Arenas, M. Arriaga, E. Bachman, M. Bonetti, O. Bracaccini, A. Burkart, A. L. Cabrera, B. Calvielo, R. Capurro, C. Carl de Donterberg, A. Castellanos, M. Collantes, D. Cozzo, A. Faggi, C. De Ferraris, E. de la Sota, C. Di Persia, E. Feruglio, H. Harrington, G. G. Hässel de Menéndez, L. Hauman, P. Jörgensen, O. Kühnemann, C. M. Matteri, C. A. Menéndez, G. Niederlein, R. A. Pérez-Moreau, A. Piátnitzky, A. Pozzo, C. Pujals, H. Quiroga, T. Rojas, J. Ruiz-Guiñazú, E. Sánchez, C. J. F. Skottsberg, S. S. Solari, P. N. Stipanicic, M. Toursarkissian, M. A. Turic, J. C. Turner, S. Venturi, W. Volkheimer, A. Windhausen, S. Yacubson **Notes**: Updated Oct 2019. (major update). Shipment of botanical specimens should be sent by regular mail, i.e. not by private couriers (such as FedEx, DHL and so on). BA contains more than 320000 specimens: vascular plants (242300 specimens including 1000 types), algae (4300), fungi (700), lichens (1500), bryophytes (44000), actuopalinology (3200), paleopalynology (6900), and fossil plants (13800 including 140 types). Ministry of Culture and Education, Secretary of Science and Technology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2019-11-01 > [!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.