**Code**: [PAL](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126451) **Organization**: Orto Botanico dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo **Department**: Centro Servizi Sistema Museale di Ateneo (SIMUA) **Location**: Palermo, Italy **Total number of specimens**: 550000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1795 **Geographic coverage**: Sicily; Mediterranean basin; Canary Islands; South America; Somalia; South Africa; Australia **Incorporated herbaria**: W. Greuter (includes the herbaria of A. Bras (France) and Abbé Gave (W Alps), Pinatzis (Greece), Phitos & Kamari (Greece)), BIEL (Mediterranean specimens) **Important collectors**: A. Bras, M. Gandoger, Abbé Gave, G. Giardina, W. Greuter, T. von Heldreich, R. F. Hohenacker, D. Lanza, G. E. Mattei, B. A. Porcari, C. G. Pringle, E. Reverchon, P. A. Saccardo, G. H. W. Schimper, L. Senni, P. E. E. Sintenis, V. Tineo, A. Todaro **Notes**: Herbarium W. Greuter (150,000 specimens, donated 2009) is kept separate, to be cited as PAL-Gr; specialty: Mediterranean, Caucasia, Caribbean, Australia. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-07-16 > [!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.