Rijksherbarium
The Rijksherbarium is an important herbarium in Leiden in the Netherlands .
The Rijksherbarium was founded in Leiden in 1829 by royal decree of King Wilhelm I. It later became the herbarium of the University of Leiden . As a result of the merger of the three large university herbaria of Leiden, Utrecht and Wageningen in 1999, the collection of the Rijksherbarium in the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland (abbreviation NHN) was merged.
The collection in Leiden today comprises around 4.1 million plant specimens. It houses, among other things, tropical herbarium collections from the 16th to 17th centuries as well as a considerable collection of plant paintings.
Two project groups are relevant for today's research and teaching activities:
- The "Plants of the IndoPacific Area" (PITA) bundles research on the Indo-Pacific region (mainly Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Papua New Guinea , Singapore and Brunei ).
- The "Phanerogams and Cryptogams of the Netherlands and Europe" (PCNE) focuses on the plant systematics, primarily of the flora native to Europe.