**Code**: [BDI](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125738) **Organization**: Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science **Department**: Natural History Department **Location**: Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 18750 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1867 **Taxonomic coverage**: Algae and marine plants **Geographic coverage**: Scott, Muscatine, and surrounding counties, Iowa; Rock Island and Whiteside counties, Illinois; Washington; Oregon; California **Incorporated herbaria**: Marycrest University **Important collectors**: B. Shimek, W. D. Barnes, N. Melville, L. F. Guldner, E.A. Ross, T. J. Howell, C.W. Irish **Notes**: Updated Mar 2017 (general update). Originally listed as the Barnes Herbarium (BDI), the herbarium began with the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. Other institutional names that may be referenced include Davenport Public Museum, Davenport Museum, Putnam Museum, and Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!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.