**Code**: [BH](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124341) **Organization**: Cornell University **Department**: Department of Plant Biology **Location**: Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 845000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1935 **Taxonomic coverage**: Worldwide Arecaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Malvaceae; Fagaceae; Fabaceae; gymnosperms; bryophytes **Geographic coverage**: U.S. and tropics; New York; northeastern U.S.; Japan; worldwide **Incorporated herbaria**: CU (323 852 specimens) in 1977, part of GESU in 1984. **Important collectors**: S. H. Burnham, K. M. Wiegand, W. C. Muenscher, A. L. Andrews, H. Mann, Jr., J. K. Small, L. H. Bailey, R. T. Clausen, C. H. Muller, H. E. Moore **Notes**: Updated Mar 2013 (email address change for corresponded). 134 000-piece historical collection of nursery and seed catalogs. 30 000-volume botanical and horticultural library. Large collection of liquid-preserved palm material (fruits, flowers, and woody parts) and anatomical slides. Photographs of palm types of O. Beccari, C. F. P. von Martius, R. Spruce, and J. W. H. Trail. Seed reference collection for northeastern U.S. C. H. Muller oak collection. A. LeRoy Andrews bryophyte collection. **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.