**Code**: [BAS](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126477) **Organization**: University of Basel **Department**: Department of Environmental Sciences - Botany **Location**: Bottmingen, Switzerland **Total number of specimens**: 250000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1588 **Taxonomic coverage**: Cryptogams, seed plants **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Switzerland and central Europe **Important collectors**: C. Bauhin, J. Bauhin, A. Binz, H. Christ, H. Huber, C. F. F. von Krauss, W. de Lachenal, K. F. Sarasin, P. B. Sarasin, W. P. Schimper, A. Thellung, H. Zoller **Notes**: Part of Herbaria Basel at the Department of Environmental Science - Botany, University of Basel, which includes BAS, BASBG, and RENZ. Early history (prior to 1908) documented in Binz A. 1908. Die Herbarien der Botanischen Anstalt Basel. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 19(3): 137-155. (in German). Specimens from historical herbaria (16th-18th century, including C. Bauhin and W. de Lachenal) not sent on loan, because most are unmounted in original folio paper. Collections of 80 000 seeds and 6000 seedlings; . **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-03-05 > [!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.