Institutional Abbreviations

Updated 8 March 2008, R. K. Edgar

Institutional acronyms in bold are those of Index Herbariorum [IH]; acronym links are to the IH entry, other links are to the herbarium or institution. If no IH acronym is available, the city of the institution or herbarium or the institution itself is used. Additional information was incorporated from de Wolf & Sterrenburg's (2003) International Survey of Diatom Collections.

ANSP	Diatom Herbarium, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. The Department of Botany at the Academy has the IH acroynym of PH.
AWH	Herbarium, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Dr. Henri Van Heurck Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium [diatoms transferred to BR in 2007]
B	Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
Belvaux	Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann , Belvaux, Luxembourg
BERN	Botanisches Institut und Garten der Universität, Bern, Switzerland
BHU	Herbarium, Institut für Biologie, AG Spezielle Botanik und Arboretum, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germnay
BM	The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)], London, England, United Kingdom
BP	Herbarium, Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
BPI	Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, USDA - Agricultural Research Service, U.S. National Fungus Collections, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
BR	Jardin botanique national de Belgique, Meise, Belgium
BREG	Herbarium, Vorarlberger Naturschau, Dornbirn, Austria
BRM	Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
BRU	Stephen T. Olney Herbarium, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
C	Botanical Museum and Herbarium, Copenhagen, Denmark
CAHS	Crispus Attucks High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America [Diatom collection tranferred to ANSP]
CANA	National Herbarium of Canada, Phycology Section, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
CAS	Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America CAS is technically the IH acronym for the Department of Botany at CAS; however, the diatom collection is housed in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, so that is the departmental link which has been provided.
CGE	Herbarium, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
CHR	Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, Lincoln, New Zealand
CMU	Herbarium, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
CN	Herbier, Laboratoire de Biologie et Biotechnologies Marines (Equipe Phycologie), Université de Caen, Caen, Calvados, France
DBN	Herbarium, National Museum of Ireland, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
E	Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburg, Scotland, United Kingdom
F	John G. Searle Herbarium, Botany Department, Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
FEZA	Herbario FEZA, Carrera de Biologia, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
FH	Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
FI	Herbarium Universitatis Florentinae, Sezione Botanica, Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università, Firenze, Italy
G	Herbarium, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Genève, Switzerland
GOET	Herbarium, Abteilung Systematische Botanik, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
H	Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
HAL	Herbarium, Institut für Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle, Germany
HANU	Herbarium, Biology Department, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
HBG	Herbarium, Biozentrum Klein-Flottbek, Hamburg, Germany
Irkutsk	Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia
JE	Herbarium Haussknecht, Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
K	Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
KBG	Kunming Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China [fide Lisa Decesare, Botany Libraries, Harvard Univeristy Herbaria]
KIEL	Herbarium KIEL, Botanisches Garten , Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany
L	Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch, Leiden, Netherlands
La Chaux-des-Fonds	Lycée Blaise-Cendrars, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland
LD	Herbarium, Botanical Musuem, Lund, Sweden
LE	Herbarium, Russian Academy of Sciences, V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, Leningrad, Russia
Leiden	Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, The Netherlands
LG	Herbarium, Département de Botanique, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
LP	Herbario, División Plantas Vasculares, Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
M	Herbarium, Botanische Staatssammlung München, München, Germany
MPU	Herbier, Institut de Botanique, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
NCY	Herbier, Conservatoire et Jardins Botaniques de Nancy, Nancy, France
NEU	Herbarium, Laboratoire de botanique évolutive, Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
NMW	Herbarium, Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
NPA	Herbarium, Paleobotany Laboratory, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
NSW	National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia
NY	William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, United States of America
NYS	Herbarium, Biological Survey, New York State Museum, Albany, New York, United States of America
O	Herbarium, Botanical Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
OS	Herbarium, Museum of Biological Diversity, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
OXF	Fielding-Druce Herbarium, Deparment of Botany, Oxford University, Oxford, Great Britain
PAD	Erbario Patavinum, Centro Interdipartimentale Musei Scientifici, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
PAV	Erbario, Dipartimento de Ecologia del Territorio, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
PC	Herbier Cryptogamique, Départment de Systématique et Évolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
PEU	Ria Olivier Herbarium, Botany Department, University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
PH	Department of Botany, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvana, United States of America
PRA	Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences, Pruhonice, Czech Republic
Pretoria	National Institute for Water Research, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa
RO	Erbario, Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
ROST	Herbarium Rostochiense, Botanischer Garten, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany
S	Herbarium, Botany Departments, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden [incorporated into S]
SI	Herbario, Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
SPA	Section for Palaeobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden [former acronym S-PA]
SP	Herbário, Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil
Stevenson	John A. Stevenson Mycological Library, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
STR	Herbier, Institut de Botanique, Strasbourg, France
STU	Herbarium, Abteilung für Botanik, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
Szczecin	Department of Geology & Palaeogeography, Institute of Marine Sciences, Szczecin University, Szczecin, Poland
TALE	Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire Géologique, Talence, France
TCD	Herbarium, School of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
TL	Herbier, Service des herbiers de l'UPS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
TNS	Herbarium, Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan
Ulaanbaatar	Biology Faculty, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar [Ulan Bator], Mongolia, People’s Republic of China
UPCB	Herbário, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
UPS	Museum of Evolution, Botany Section (Fytoteket), Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala, Sweden
W	Herbarium, Department of Botany, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria
WRSL	Herbarium, Botany Department, Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University, Wrocklaw, Poland
Z	Herbarium, Institut für Systematische Botanik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland