**Code**: [P](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125382) **Organization**: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle **Department**: Direction des Collections, CP39 **Location**: Paris, France **Total number of specimens**: 6000000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1635 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Africa (northern, western, and equatorial), southeastern Asia, France, Europe, French Guiana, Madagascar, Mascarene and subantarctic islands, New Caledonia, Horne Islands, and Vanuatu **Incorporated herbaria**: ABT (20 000 specimens), SCB (3600 specimens) in 1970, most phanerogams of CN., PCU incorporated in P (2004), B. de Retz (60,000 specimens) in 2003 **Important collectors**: J. G. Adam, M. Adanson (P-Ad.), C. d' Alleizette, J. Arènes, J. M. C. Arvet-Touvet, E. Aubert de la Rue, J. B. C. F. Aublet (P-JJR), A. Aubréville, H. E. Baillon, B. Balansa, T. N. Baudin, R. Benoist, C. P. Béranger, J. Berhaut, P. Boccone, L. H. Boivin, H. F. Bon, R. N. Bonaparte, A. J. A. Bonpland (P-Bonpl.), H. Bordère, J. B. G. M. Bory de St.-Vincent, J. Bosser, E. Bourgeau, J. Burmann, E. G. Camus, F. A. Camus, R. Capuron, J. Cavalerie, A. J. B. Chevalier, F. F. Chevallier, L. Chevallier, H. Christ, P. Commerson, E. S.-C. Cosson, A. David, Marcel Debray, R. Decary, T. A. Delacour, P. J. M. Delavay, E. F. Deplanche, R. L. Desfontaines (P-Desf.), N. A. Desvaux, E. Didier, E. Drake del Castillo, J. F. Drège, L.-M. A. A. Du Petit-Thouars, F. Ducloux, J. S. C. Dumont d'Urville, E. M. Durand, P. A. Eberhardt, F. Evrard, P. G. Farges, L. Faurel, U. J. Faurie, A. L. A. Fée, J. G. A. Forster (P-Forst.), J. R. Forster (P-Forst.), I. Franc, A. R. Franchet, C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. Gay, J. Girault, A. F. M. Glaziou, R. Gombault, J. Goudot, J. C. M. Grenier, A. von Haller (P-HA), H. Humbert, F. W. H. A. von Humboldt (P-Bonpl.), G. de l' Isle, A.-T. D. d' Isnard (P-Isn.), V. Jacquemont, H. Jacques-Felix, P. Jaeger, H. É. Jeanpert, B. de Jussieu (P-JU), A. de Jussieu (P-JU), A. L. de Jussieu (P-JU), M. Keraudren-Aymonin, T.-J. Klaine, F. L. L'Herminier, Père L.-M. Lalonde, J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck (P-LA), A.-J. Le Rat, G. M. P. C. Le Testu, S.-R. Lenormand, J. B. L. T. Leschenault de la Tour, R. Letouzey, A. A. H. Léveillé, J. Loureiro (P-LOUR), A. Lourteig, R. C. J. E. Maire, L. J. E. Malinvaud, H. S. McKee, L. Mercurin, R. Meslin, A. Michaux (P-MICH), F.-A. Michaux (P-MICH), C. H. B. A. Moquin-Tandon, P. G. Morière, J. A. I. Pancher, J. M. H. A. Perrier de la Bâthie, E. P. Perrier de la Bâthie, P. A. Pételot, J. B. L. Pierre, C. Plumier (P-TRF), C. H. O. Pobéguin, E. Poilane, J. L. M. Poiret, P. A. Pourret (P-POUR), T. Puel, R. Quartin-Dillon, J. Raynal, E. J. Rémy, B. de Retz, A. Richard, J. A. Risso, J. J. Rousseau (P-JJR), C. Sacleux, P. A. Sagot, A. F. C. P. de Saint-Hilaire, R. A. A. Schnell, P. Sonnerat, J. A. Soulié, H. Soyaux, É. Spach, J. D. Surian, C. Tisserant, L. E. Tisserant, J. P. de Tournefort (P-TRF), J. M. C. de Tristan, J. L. Trochain, S. Vaillant, F. X. Vendrely, E. D. E. Vieillard, H. A. Weddell, G. A. Zenker, H. Zollinger **Notes**: Please use "requests on the Museum's collections" web interface for any formal request (Loan, visit, image,…): http://colhelper.mnhn.fr/ A user account must be created and loan applications must come from a curator in charge of a collection. Historical herbaria stored separately at P include: P-Ad. (Adanson); P-JJR (Aublet and J.-J. Rousseau); P-Bonpl. (Bonpland and Humboldt); P-Isn. (Danty d'Isnard); P-JU (Jussieu family); P-LA (Lamarck); P-Desf. (Desfontaines Flora Atlantica; main herbarium of Desfontaines at FI); P-Forst. (J. G. A. and J. R. Forster); P-TRF (Tournefort and Plumier); P-HA (von Haller); P-LOUR (Loureiro); P-MICH (A. and F.-A. Michaux); P-POUR (Pourret). P-CHEV (Chevalier), P-CO (Cosson), P-DU (Durand), and Vaillant herbaria have been incorporated in P. For recent information about regional herbaria located in Muséums d'Histoire Naturelle de Province, see Collections Publiques et Musées d'Histoire Naturelle en France (L. Leclaire and M. Blanc, coord.-edit., Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1-154. 1989). Ministère de l'Education Nationale **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-06-28 > [!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.