Herbarium Hamburgense

The Herbarium of the University of Hamburg preserves more than 1.8 Mill specimens and belongs to the large, internationally important scientific plant collections. The global diversity of all plant groups is well documented and the collections cover a time period of more than 200 years. The Herbarium Hamburgense is an essential resource for biodiversity and evolutionary research. The collections form an unique environmental archive and serve as a tool and repository for taxonomic, phylogenetic-systematic and ecological research not only at the Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology but also in international research cooperations.

Aktuelle Meldungen

19 December 2022|herbarium-hamburgense

The lichens, lichen-inhabiting and lichen-like Fungi of Germany - a revised checklist

The present work lists 2051 lichens, 520 lichenicolous and 55 allied fungi, altogether 2626 taxa and their synonyms, whose occurrence has been reported from the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany by the end of 2021. The list is...

19 December 2022|herbarium-hamburgense

A new endemic, Pannaria oregonensis, replaces two misapplied names in the Pacific Northwest of North America

We evaluated the taxonomic status of specimens representing two listed rare species of Pannaria in the Pacific Northwest, P. rubiginosa and P. rubiginella, based on DNA sequences of recently collected samples. We combined those data with...

19 December 2022|herbarium-hamburgense

Opening the Gap: Rare Lichenes With Rare Cyanobionts – Unexpectet Diversity in Cynobacterial Lichenes of the Order Lichinales

The last decades of research led to a change in understanding of lichens that are now seen as self-sustaining micro-ecosystems, harboring diverse microbial organisms in tight but yet not fully understood relationships. Among the diverse...

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