Botanical Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Botanical Standard Museum of the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a large herbarium covering an area of about 10,000 square meters. It has about 2.6 million plant specimens, including 180,000 fern specimens and 200,000 moss specimens. In addition, there are 80,000 seed specimens and 70,000 plant fossil specimens. According to statistics, the collection of specimens covers about 80% bryophytes, 95% ferns and 80% seed plants of all Chinese higher plants recorded in the completed 80 volumes and 126 volumes of Flora of China. In addition, more than 17,000 type specimens are well preserved in our library, involving 600 published type specimens, respectively. More than 0 taxa. The Herbarium of Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first among the herbariums in Asia in terms of the number and overall scale of specimens collected; the Herbarium of Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks third in the world in terms of the number of seed specimens collected, especially in the field of taxonomy at home and abroad. It plays an important role in the study of plants in East Asia.

The Herbarium of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made great progress in the course of nearly half a century since its establishment. At present, the number of specimens in the collection is 10 times that of the original one. In terms of foreign exchange, inter-library exchange of plant specimens and business contacts, we have business relations with 90 herbariums in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and many other countries and regions. They are important sources of specimens and information about plants in East Asia. The collection of plant specimens from 153 countries and regions.

In recent years, with the development of modern society towards informatization and digitalization, the Herbarium of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences is intensifying its efforts to promote the scientific and digital process of the management of the Herbarium. The barcode management of plant specimens and the establishment of the database have been carried out synchronously and achieved initial results. The database of plant specimens in the library has been online, and the new era of sharing plant specimens data resources has arrived. Obviously, the informationization process will bring the management level of the Herbarium of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences to an advanced level. It will help to maximize the professional functions of the East Asian Herbarium Center, the Herbarium Information Center and the Center for Plant Taxonomy Research, so as to make the Herbarium more advanced. It will serve scientific research and national economic construction well.