**Code**: [MEDEL](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126394) **Organization**: Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Medellín **Division**: Facultad de Ciencias **Department**: Escuela de Biociencias **Location**: Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia **Total number of specimens**: 71500 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1927 **Taxonomic coverage**: Mostly vascular plants. Lower numbers of Bryophytes and Algae **Geographic coverage**: Colombia, especially Antioquia. **Incorporated herbaria**: Colegio de San José de la Salle (9000 specimens) in 1971. **Important collectors**: W. A. Archer, F. A. Barkley, Hno. Daniel, Hno Elias, L. S. Espinal, G. Gutiérrez-Villegas, O. Haught, W. H. Hodge, D. Sánchez, R. A. Toro, J. M. Vélez-Puerta **Notes**: Updated Feb 2022 (staff, general info). **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-03-02 > [!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.