**Code**: [MEXU](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126389) **Organization**: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México **Division**: Instituto de Biología **Department**: Departamento de Botánica **Location**: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico **Total number of specimens**: 1600000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1888 **Taxonomic coverage**: All major groups of plants (including algae) and macromycetes **Geographic coverage**: New World, mostly Mexico and Central America **Incorporated herbaria**: COCA (48 000 specimens) in 2003. **Important collectors**: F. Altamirano, E. Argüelles, Fr. G. Arsène, W. Boege, H. Bravo, D. E. Breedlove, R. Bye, E. Cabrera, I. Calzada, C. Conzatti, A. García M., H. S. Gentry, C. Gómez H., J. González O., J. González O., R. Hernández, H. M. Hernández M., T. Herrera, G. B. Hinton, H. Kruse, E. Langlassé, J. L. Linares, E. Lyonnet, D. T. MacDougal, M. Martínez, M. E. Martínez S., E. Matuda, R. McVaugh, F. Miranda, E. J. Palmer, C. G. Pringle, J. Rzedowski, J. G. Schaffner, A. J. Sharp, J. C. Soto N., M. Sousa S., O. Téllez, P. Tenorio, R. Torres, J. Trappe, M. Urbina, J. Vázquez S., M. E. Veliz, F. Ventura **Notes**: Updated Oct 2019 (GPS coordinates and physical address updated). **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2019-11-13 > [!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.