**Code**: [SGO](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125347) **Organization**: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural **Division**: Sección Botánica **Location**: Santiago, Chile **Total number of specimens**: 145600 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1889 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups, especially vascular plants, marine algae, and fungi **Geographic coverage**: Chile **Important collectors**: C. G. L. Bertero, W. Biese, C. Gay, F. Johow, C. S. Kunth, W. Lechler, F. G. Meyer, C. Muñoz P., F. Philippi, R. A. Philippi, E. Pisano, K. F. Reiche, F. Ritter, F. Sellow, R. Singer, C. J. F. Skottsberg, B. Sparre **Notes**: Updated Aug 2012. SGO contains more than 98% of Philippi's types, original collections (including isotypes) of C. Gay (1830-1842) and C. G. Bertero (1828-1830), and R. Singer fungi from Chile (including 18% of his types). It is one of the oldest collections in South America. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!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.