Description

The Marie-Victorin Herbarium is a large collection of vascular plants and bryophytes. Thanks to its 634,640 specimens, the Herbarium is known internationally and ranks fourth largest among Canadian herbaria. It is used for research and education.

The Marie-Victorin Herbarium (MT) is the second largest university herbarium in Quebec, and ranks fourth among all Canadian herbaria. It includes about 680,000+ vascular plants. Half of the material is Canadian, but representation is global.

The collection was established in 1920 and ceased acquisitions in present.

Taxonomic range

Kingdoms covered include: Plantae.

Geographic range

Global coverage

Number of specimens in the collection

The estimated number of specimens in the Marie-Victorin Herbarium is 634,640.

Of these 134,861 are databased. This represents 21.2 % of the collection.

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Metadata last updated on 2017-09-30 00:56:11.0

Digitised records available through the Atlas

The Marie-Victorin Herbarium has an estimated 634,640 specimens.
The collection has databased 21.2 % of these (134,861 records).

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