National Herbarium, Islamabad

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National Herbarium
Type	Herbarium
Location	Islamabad, Pakistan
Opened	1975
Collections	~100,000

The National Herbarium is an herbarium, located in Islamabad, Pakistan.

History and collection[]

The largest herbarium in Pakistan, it was established in 1975 with Dr. Ralph Randles Stewart's collection as its initial beginning. It has a collection of over 100,000 plants. The plants in the herbarium are divided into magnoliophytes (dicotyledons and monocotyledons), gymnosperms and pteridophytes (or ferns) and they are placed according to families, genera; and species arranged in alphabetical order.

See also[]

• List of botanical gardens in Pakistan
• List of herbaria

• [1] Pakistani biodiversity

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