**Code**: [BM](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126148) **Organization**: The Natural History Museum **Department**: Algae, Fungi and Plants Division **Location**: London, England, U.K. **Total number of specimens**: 5200000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1753 **Taxonomic coverage**: Angiosperms and pteridophytes; bryophytes; algae; lichens **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially of British Isles, Europe, Africa, North America, West Indies, and Himalaya **Incorporated herbaria**: Part of AST, CHEL, CKE, HGS, lichens, bryophytes, and algae of K, part of LNHS, LWSM, RBS, STB, STT, WCE, WCL, WCR, WCRP. **Important collectors**: E. Acharius, G. O. Allen, H. Alston, C. C. Babington, J. Banks, W. E. Baxter, A. W. Bennett, E. Bescherelle, R. Brown, A. Buddle, C. E. Carr, M. Catesby, Hb. C. F. A. Christensen, J. Clayton, G. Clifford, H. Cuming, J. Cuninghame (Cunningham), S. Dale, J. Dickson, H. N. Dixon, G. Forster, C. R. Fraser-Jenkins, F. E. Fritsch, E. Fryer, D. J. Galloway, E. Grove, H. Groves, J. Groves, F. G. Guiol, E. Hampe, F. J. Hanbury, E. Hassler, Fr. Héribaud-Joseph, J. D. Hooker, T. Howard, P. W. James, A. C. Jermy, E. Kaempfer, G. J. Karnel, A. F. G. Kerr, F. Kitton, J. R. Laundon, G. M. P. C. Le Testu, C. Linnaeus, E. F. Linton, A. & G. Lister, F. Ludlow, S. Macvicar, P. Miller, F. W. Payne, H. W. Pugsley, J. Ray, W. Schimper, G. Sherriff, A. Sleep, H. Sloane (BM-SL), Hb. John Smith, D. Solander, R. Spruce, T. G. Walker, W. West, L. H. J. Williams, W. Wilson **Notes**: Updated Oct 2016 (general update update). BM timber collections transferred to LIV. BM has responsibility for bryophytes, algae and lichens, while K has responsibility for non-lichenised fungi. Non-lichenised fungi from BM were transferred to K. Myxogastria are not part of this agreement and are kept at both institutions. Government funded; administered by Board of Trustees. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2020-02-03 > [!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.