**Code**: [MA](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125763) **Organization**: Real Jardín Botánico **Location**: Madrid, Madrid, Spain **Total number of specimens**: 1158116 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1755 **Taxonomic coverage**: Algae, bryophytes, fungi, lichens, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms. **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, with greatest strength in Western Mediterranean, Central and South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand **Incorporated herbaria**: Fungi of MUB (4025 specimens) in 1999, Mosses of IBA (6610 specimens) in 2000. **Important collectors**: E. Bauer, E. Boissier, E. Bougeau, P.M. Broussonet, A. Caballero, A. Casares-Gil, A. J. Cavanilles, S. R. Clemente, E. Cosson, L. Crespí, J. Cuatrecasas, M. de Sessé y Lacaita, M. J. de Urríes, P. Font-Quer, M. Gandoger, R. González Fragoso, P. González Guerrero, E. Guinea, C.F. Hegelmaier, J. Isern, C. Lacaita, M. Lagasca y Segura, J. Lange, F. Loscos, A. Ludwig, R. Maire, J. Mercé, J. M. Moçiño, J. C. B. Mutis y Bosio, L. Née, C. Pau, J. A. Pavón y Jiménez, G. Porta, G. F. Reuter, E. Reverchon, G. Rigo, G. Rouy, H. Ruiz López, G. Sampaio, Tr. Savulescu, H.J. Schlieben, E. Sennen, H. Sydow, C. Thunberg, L. Trabut, L. M. Unamuno Yrigoyen, C. Vicioso, S. Vidal y Soler, M. Willkomm **Notes**: Updated Dec 2018 (staff update). National Research Council, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2021-06-02 > [!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.