**Code**: [GAT](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124869) **Organization**: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) **Division**: Taxonomy and Evolution **Department**: Genbank **Location**: Gatersleben, Stadt Seeland, Germany **Total number of specimens**: 600000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1946 **Taxonomic coverage**: Cultivated plants, mainly from temperate zones; vascular plants **Geographic coverage**: Europe and the Mediterranean, eastern and middle Asia, Mongolia, and Cuba **Important collectors**: F. Hermann, P. Schuster **Notes**: Updated Oct 2016 (address update). Updated Feb 2017 (specimen count). GAT is part of Scientific Association Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2021-09-29 > [!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.