**Code**: [MPU](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126555) **Organization**: Université de Montpellier **Division**: SPH **Department**: DCSPH **Location**: Montpellier, France **Total number of specimens**: 3500000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1809 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups; historical collections **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Mediterranean Basin, Africa and Americas **Incorporated herbaria**: SIGMA (40 000 specimens), MPA (45 000 phanerogams), AL (about 2/3 of the specimens) **Important collectors**: Important Collections org/page:herbiers\_recherche?module=FicheStructure&id=22 **Notes**: Updated Jun 2023 (partial incorporation of AL) Updated January 2021 (concerning digitization). Types not sent on loan. Digitization still in progress (1,4 millions of images available), Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms not completed. Specialty: All groups worldwide, especially Mediterranean Basin, Africa, and Americas; historical collections. Herbarium Lapeyrouse is at TLM, not MPU. Link to the digitized specimens: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/type=index and https://collections.umontpellier.fr/herbier-mpu-presentation/base-de-donnees-botanique-herbier-mpu The types and historical specimens are available on GPI - JStor website. For a complete list of all collectors represented in MPU, visit: http://www.tela-botanica.org/page:herbiers\_recherche?module=FicheStructure&id=22 **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-06-29 > [!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.