**Code**: [PRE](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125437) **Organization**: South African National Biodiversity Institute **Location**: Pretoria, Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa **Total number of specimens**: 1200000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1903 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens **Geographic coverage**: Southern Africa, but extending to the rest of Africa and surrounding islands **Incorporated herbaria**: TRV, majority of SAAS, PRF, JF, NBG non-vascular cryptogams. **Important collectors**: J. P. H. Acocks, J. Burtt Davy, L. E. W. Codd, R. H. Compton, B. De Winter, A. Dieterlen, R. A. Dümmer, R. A. Dyer, D. Edwards, F. Eyles, H. G. Flanagan, E. E. Galpin, J. Hutchinson, D. J. B. Killick, O. A. Leistner, R. E. Magill, H. W. R. Marloth, A. M. Pegler, I. B. Pole Evans, A. Rehmann, G. W. Reynolds, F. R. R. Schlechter, H.-J. E. Schlieben, J. C. Smuts, T. R. Sim, H. A. Wager **Notes**: Updated Oct 2017 (address). The National Herbarium collection currently contains approximately 1.2 million specimens, of which almost 900 000 are databased. Previously held collections of fungi of PRE were transferred to PREM. 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.