**Code**: [H](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126669) **Organization**: University of Helsinki **Division**: Finnish Museum of Natural History **Department**: Botany Unit **Location**: Helsinki, Finland **Total number of specimens**: 3393629 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1751 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups; Bryophytes and lichens also strong in collections; Fungi also strong in aphyllophoroid and agaricoid groups as well as in smut fungi, powdery mildews and mycetozoa. Other specialties include apomictic phanerogams (Hieracium, Taraxacum, Ranunculus auricomus agg.), Cyperaceae and Chenopodiaceae. Also collections of wood, seeds, cones, and cultivated ornamental plants, including those collected in Kaisaniemi and Kumpula Botanic Garden **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Fennoscandia (incl. NW Russia) and other areas of boreal and temperate Europe, Asia and North America; Japan, China, Australasia, New Guinea, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and many other tropical areas **Incorporated herbaria**: HEL (55 000 specimens) in 2009, HPP (26 685 specimens), HSI (70 500 specimens) in 2000, KYM (12 000 specimens), LHT, TIK, HFR (60,000 specimens in 2016) **Important collectors**: E. Acharius (H-ACH), T. Ahti, P. Alanko, R. Bäck, A. L. Backman, W. Bell, M. Brenner, S. E. Bridel, V. F. Brotherus (H-BR), H. R. V. Buch, A. K. Cajander, C. Cedercreutz, J. J. Dillenius, O. Eklund, V. E. Erkamo, L. Fagerström, B. Florström, C.R. Fraser-Jenkins, R. Grönblad, L. Hämet-Ahti, E. Häyrén, V. Heikinheimo, C. N. Hellenius, A. Henssen, H. I. A. Hiitonen, T. J. Hintikka, K. E. Hirn, V. I. Hustich, P. Isoviita, J. Jalas, A. Kalela, P. A. Karsten, E. M. L. Kausel, A. O. Kihlman, T. Koponen, A. Koskinen, M. J. Kotilainen, H. Kotiranta, V. Kujala, T. I. K. Kukkonen, T. Kurkela, G. Kvist, I. Kytövuori, G. Lång, M. Laurila, H. Lindberg, S. O. Lindberg (H-SOL), K. Linkola, C. Linnaeus, J. I. Liro, H. Luther, G. G. Marklund, H.A. McCullough, A. J. Mela (Malmberg), J. Montell, J. K. A. F. W. Müller (H-BR), T. Niskanen, A. von Nordmann, D. Norris, J. P. Norrlin, A. E. Nylander, F. Nylander, W. Nylander (H-NYL), P. Olofsson, A. Palmgren, B. Pettersson, S. Piippo, A. Railonsala, V. J. P. B. Räsänen, A. Rauhala, M. Rautanen, H. Roivainen, B. Saarsoo, C. R. Sahlberg, G.W. Scotter, F. W. Sieber, C. -E. Sonck, C. von Steven, J. Suominen, R. K. Tuomikoski, P. Uotila, H. Väre, O. Vitikainen, W. Watts (in H-BR) **Notes**: Most early collections of H destroyed by fire in 1827.Herb. Erik Acharius (lichens), Herb. V. F. Brotherus (extra-European mosses), Herb. William Nylander (lichens), Herb. S. O. Lindberg (bryophytes), Herb. Aino Henssen (lichens), and many published exsiccata housed as separate collections. Specimens in Herb. Acharius not available for loan. Secretariat of committee for mapping the flora of Europe (Atlas Florae Europaeae) at H. H is part of Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-03-29 > [!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.