**Code**: [BERN](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126603) **Organization**: University of Bern **Division**: Botanical Garden of the University of Bern **Location**: Bern, Switzerland **Total number of specimens**: 500000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1859 **Taxonomic coverage**: plants, lichens, fungi, fossils **Geographic coverage**: Switzerland, especially canton of Bern, Alps, and Mediterranean **Important collectors**: E. Fischer, R. Probst, R. Sutter, R. F. von Tavel **Notes**: Updated 2018. Herbarium of Eduard Frey (30 000 lichens) transferred to G in 2000. Bryophyte herbarium collection tranferred to Z in 2008. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-06-06 > [!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.