Herbario FCO, Universidad de Oviedo

Description

The herbarium was founded in 1968. It stores 750 sheets of seaweeds, 134 sheets of lichens, 2555 sheets of mosses, Anthocerota and liverworts and 26595 sheets of vascular plants (the best represented genus are Festuca, Viola, Juncus, Erysimum, Ulex, Narcissus and Saxifraga). It also has a xylotheca with 400 samples of fossil and extant woods, and a palynotheca with 4000 samples of spores and pollen grains.

Goals

1- Plant Taxonomy, 2- Vegetal anatomy and morphology, 3- Plant Cartography, 4- Floral studies, 5- Phytosociology, 6- Palynology, 7- Taxonomy of Briophyta, 8- Etnobotany

Usage restrictions

Types are not sent on loan. Dissection of specimens is not allowed without prior permission. All fragment should be placed in the attached envelope.

Loan restrictions

Loans are made for a period of six months; if necessary, an extension of this time may be obtain upon request. Reprints publications in which the specimens are mentioned will be greatly appreciated.

Types of objects

Mainly whole organisms, some wood, some pollens.

Types of resources

All preserved.

Preservation methods

Mainly dried and pressed, some microscopic preparations.

Taxonomic range

Kingdoms covered include: Fungi and Plantae.

The Herbario FCO, Universidad de Oviedo collection includes members from the following taxa:
Bryophyta, Chlorophyta, Coniferophyta, Equisetopsida, Lycophyta, Magnoliophyta, Musci, Phaeophyta, Pteridophyta and Rhodophyta.

Geographic range

Mainly north of the Iberian Peninsula, some from other iberian areas.

States covered include: España.

Number of specimens in the collection

The estimated number of specimens in the Herbario FCO, Universidad de Oviedo collection is 66,628.

Of these 66,628 are databased. This represents 100.0 % of the collection.

Click the Records & Statistics tab to access those database records that are available through the atlas.

Sub-collections

The Herbario FCO, Universidad de Oviedo collection contains these significant collections:

• Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
• Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO-Algae
• Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO-Briof
• Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO-Lich

Metadata last updated on 2023-08-24 13:17:27.0