**Code**: [PDA](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125815) **Organization**: Department of National Botanic Gardens **Division**: National Herbarium **Department**: Department of National Botanic Gardens **Location**: Peradeniya, Sri Lanka **Total number of specimens**: 180000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1824 **Taxonomic coverage**: Sri Lanka **Geographic coverage**: Sri Lanka **Important collectors**: D. M. A. Jayaweera, H. Trimen, G. Gardner, K. L. D. Amaratunge, J. C. Willis, G. H. K. Thwaites **Notes**: The National Herbarium in Sri Lanka is recognized as the National Authority for the preparation of the Red Data Book of Flora of Sri Lanka and the updating of the Angiosperm Threatened Plant List of the National Red Data Book. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-05-11 > [!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.