**Code**: [TUR](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126877) **Organization**: University of Turku **Division**: Centre for Biodiversity **Location**: Turku, Finland **Total number of specimens**: 932700 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1919 **Taxonomic coverage**: All groups **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Angola, Antarctica, Antilles, Balkan, Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, California, Chile, East Africa, Hawaii, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Mozambique, Near East, Norway, Philippines, Siberia, South Africa, Sweden, Tahiti, and Thailand **Incorporated herbaria**: TURA **Important collectors**: A. V. Auer, A. C. Batista, O. Fortelius, R. Hakulinen, P. Kallio, L. E. Kari, I. Kause, T. Lange, A. Lindfors, J. Montell, H. Såltin, A. Vaarama, E. A. Vainio **Notes**: Updated Oct 2005. Vainio Herbarium (TUR-V), a separate worldwide lichen collection of 35 000 specimens including thousands of types, housed here. TURA (230 000 specimens) incorporated in 2000. Cite TUR-A. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-11-06 > [!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.