**Code**: [PC](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125380) **Organization**: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle **Department**: Direction des Collections, CP39 **Location**: Paris, France **Total number of specimens**: 2000000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1904 **Taxonomic coverage**: Cryptogams **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide **Important collectors**: P. Commerson, A. Maublanc, J. Cardot, A. V. Roussel, J. V. F. Lamouroux, W. Nylander, M. A. Gomont, A. F. Le Jolis, M. Bouly de Lesdain, J. P. F. C. Montagne, E. Bescherelle, J. Augier, J. Feldmann, P. A. Hariot, P. A. Pourret, M. H. I. Thériot, E. Bonnot, L.-R. Tulasne, J. B. E. Bornet, G. H. W. Schimper, J. Blum, G. A. Thuret, L.-M. A. A. Du Petit-Thouars, A.-M. Hue, H. M. Crouan, H. des Abbayes, F. R. Leprieur, J. Vincent, P. W. Magnus, C. H. Persoon, J. G. Agardh, V. Jacquemont, N. G. Lagerheim, C. A. Agardh, E. G. Camus, G. S. Perrottet, C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré, F. A. Camus, M. Bizot, F. F. G. Renauld, G. Metron, C. F. Sauvageau, H. Romagnési, J. A. Mougeot, P. M. É. Lamy de la Chapelle, W. Griffith, L. Quélet, L. A. de Brebisson, A. J. A. Bonpland, R. A. L. Potier de la Varde, C. Tulasne, P. K. A. Schousboe, F. W. H. A. von Humboldt, J. S. C. Dumont d'Urville, P. C. M. Petit, P. Tixier, J. B. G. M. Bory de St.-Vincent, G. Viennot-Bourgin, P. L. Crouan, J. H. Léveillé, P. T. Husnot, J. B. H. J. Desmazières, T. M. Fries, R. N. Bonaparte, A. F. C. P. de Saint-Hilaire **Notes**: Please use 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. For type specimens, loan conditions have changed. Type specimens may no longer be sent by the public postal service. Algal collections of G. A. Thuret, J. B. E. Bornet, and J. Feldmann not sent on loan. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-06-20 > [!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.