**Code**: [GENT](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124613) **Organization**: Ghent University **Department**: Department of Biology **Location**: Ghent, Belgium **Total number of specimens**: 300000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1837 **Taxonomic coverage**: Pteridophytes (especially <Asplenium>), Cyperaceae, and Poaceae worldwide; neotropical <Peperomia>; benthic marine algae; fungi **Geographic coverage**: Belgium; western Europe; central Africa; Papua New Guinea; Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean **Important collectors**: H. E. L. G. Coemans, A. Cogniaux, J. B. H. J. Desmazières, A. Devos, E. Frison, P. J. F. Gravet, H. Hess, E. Hostie, J. Kickx, Jr., M.-A. Libert, J. J. Linden, A. Maréchal, G. L. Rabenhorst, T. Reichstein, E. Reverchon, V. F. Schiffner, F. W. Schultz, A. Thielens, A. Todaro, H. F. Van Heurck, G. Wallays, G. D. Westendorp **Notes**: Updated Jul 2015 (website URL updated). Other web address: http://www.ugent.be/we/biology/en/research/mycology/herbarium **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2019-05-15 > [!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.