The Herbarium of the Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolutionary Biology at Mainz University comprises about 65,000 objects: Herbarium specimens, a collection of freeze-dried fungi, a collection of fruits and seeds as well as an extensive collection of stamps with plant motives.
The Herbarium was founded in 1964 by Dr. Ulrich Hecker, curator of the Botanical Gardens of Mainz University at that time.
The collection is primarily a reference collection of the flora of Rhineland-Palatinate and especially for the current research projects of the Institute. For research purposes a lively exchange of plant material also takes place among about 3,000 herbaria all over the world. The special collections of the Herbarium, such as the fruit collection, are of particular importance for teaching.
From the Collection
