**Code**: [TAN](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125657) **Organization**: Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT) **Division**: Herbier **Department**: Département Flore **Location**: Antananarivo, Madagascar **Total number of specimens**: 350000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1950 **Taxonomic coverage**: Mainly vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, few fungi, and algae **Geographic coverage**: Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Ile Europa, Ile Juan de Nova, and Iles Glorieuses **Incorporated herbaria**: Station Agricole du Lac Alaotra. **Important collectors**: A. H. Gentry, G. Cremers, P. Boiteau, B. Descoings, M. R. Crosby, J.-L. Guillaumet, W. G. D'Arcy, T. B. Croat, F. M. Benson, M. Peltier, P. Morat, C. Puff, J. Bosser, H. Humbert, M. Keraudren-Aymonin, B. C. Stone, R. Decary, G. W. Reynolds, J. M. H. A. Perrier de la Bâthie, L. J. Dorr, J. D. Leandri, W. Rauh, H.-J. E. Schlieben, G. Cours, L. C. Barnett **Notes**: The main activities at TAN Herbarium are the following - Conservation of herbarium 350 000 mounted specimens divided into 280 families, 1 885 genera and 8 745 species (2019) - Inventory and collection of herbarium specimens - Receipt of collected botanical samples from plant collectors - Mandated by the Malagasy Government to receive the duplicate of specimens collected by foreign and national researchers before any specimens exportation. - Digitizing and data-basing by using Botanical Research And Herbarium Management System (BRAHMS) software. - Support tools for foreign and national researchers and high school students. - Assessment, review of conservation status of malagasy plants. - Partnership with national institutions (Herbier TEF, DBEV and ENS) and international organizations (MBG, RBG Kew, CAS, HBV and IRD). - Supervision of trainee students from public and private universities (on average 60 per year). **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2019-05-20 > [!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.