**Code**: [BAB](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124923) **Organization**: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria **Division**: Centro de Recursos Naturales **Department**: Instituto de Recursos Biológicos **Location**: Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina **Total number of specimens**: 480000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1899 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants; Convolvulaceae; Fabaceae; Lamiaceae; Orchidaceae; Poaceae; cultivated plants **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide; Argentina and neighboring countries, especially Chaqueña and Patagónia phytogeographic regions **Incorporated herbaria**: BAI. **Important collectors**: O. Boelcke, E. C. Clos, M. N. Correa, J. Diem, J. H. Hunziker, P. Jörgensen, A. G. Schulz, A. Soriano, C. L. Spegazzini, S. Venturi **Notes**: Updated Apr 2009. Types not sent on loan; digital photographs provided. BAB is the operational center of the Flora Patagónica and Flora Chaqueña of Argentina (INTA project). Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca, Pesca y Alimentacin, I.N.T.A. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2020-10-01 > [!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.