Index Herbariorum Update

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INDEX HERBARIORUM and PLANT SPECIALISTS INDEX

Updated information for 2010 herbaria in 134 countries listed in INDEX
HERBARIORUM, edition 8, and its supplements (published in TAXON) is
available for searching by institution, city, state, acronym, staff member,
correspondent, and research specialty (http://www.nybg.org/bsci/ih/ih.html).
Telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and URL addresses are included.

Note that the Index is fully searchable on research specialty, so it also
serves as a PLANT SPECIALISTS INDEX.

Updated information is available for all herbaria registered in INDEX
HERBARIORUM in the following countries: Alderney, Angola, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Croatia,
Cyprus, Denmark, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Greenland,
Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Jersey
Islands, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mauritius,
Moldova, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Norway, Oman, Panama,
Puerto, Rico, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname,
Swaziland, Togo, Trinidad, U.S.A., Vietnam, Virgin Islands, and Yugoslavia.

Updated information is available for 75-99% of the herbaria in Argentina,
Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Papua New
Guinea, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania,
Uganda, and Uruguay.

Updated information is available for 50-74% of the herbaria in Armenia,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hungary, India, Iran, Isle of
Man, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Republic of China, Romania, Senegal,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.

Updated information is available for 25-49% of the herbaria in Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Ghana, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Russia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and U.K.

Updated information is available for 1-24% of the herbaria in Georgia,
Myanmar, and Zambia.

No updated information is available for the herbaria in Afghanistan,
Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malta, Mongolia, Niger,
People's Republic of China, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tajikistan,
Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, and Zaire.

This file will be updated every few months, so please send updates and
corrections to Patricia K. Holmgren (pholmgren at nybg.org) or Noel H. Holmgren
(nholmgren at nybg.org).