**Code**: [NBG](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125435) **Organization**: South African National Biodiversity Institute **Location**: Cape Town, Western Cape Province, Republic of South Africa **Total number of specimens**: 507000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1933 **Taxonomic coverage**: Angiosperms and pteridophytes **Geographic coverage**: Southern Africa, including Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, especially northern and western Cape; worldwide **Incorporated herbaria**: SAM housed at NBG but maintained separately (continue to cite SAM), STE (130 000 specimens) in 1996, most of STEU. **Important collectors**: H. K. C. Andreae, W. F. Barker, R. H. Compton, A. Dieterlen, M. K. Dinter, R. A. Dümmer, A. V. Duthie, C. F. Ecklon, H. G. Flanagan, H. Hall, A. G. J. Herre, L. C. Leach, P. MacOwan, E. I. Markötter, H. W. R. Marloth, G. C. Nel, C. W. L. Pappe, H. H. W. Pearson, P. Range, T. M. Salter, T. P. Stokoe, H. C. Taylor, H. J. Thode, K. L. P. Zeyher **Notes**: Updated Apr 2017 (staff change, geocoordinates updated). SAM and NBG fungi transferred to PREM in 1991. Non-vascular cryptogams transferred to PRE. Algae on long-term loan to NU. NBG is a Statutory body within the central Government Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-04-01 > [!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.