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Institute of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Herbarium Neuwerk 21 D-06099 Halle (Saale) (Germany)
- This herbarium was founded in 1812 by the purchase of the collections of the famous botanist C. Schkuhr. - D.F.L. v. Schlechtendal had been Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden at Halle (Saale) between 1833 and 1866. His influence on the development of our herbarium was enormously important. In 1866, after his death, his herbarium encompassed an arranged part of about 70.000 specimens and numerous additional non-arranged collections. One year later, his herbarium was purchased by the University Halle. It represents the historic basis of HAL. - HAL comprises about 500.000 specimens of higher and lower plants as well as fungi from all parts of the world, with a special focus on Europe, Australia, South Africa and Central to South America. - HAL is composed of a general herbarium of higher plants (worldwide), a local herbarium (Hercynian area), some separate special collections (e.g. plants of Mongolia) and various collections of cryptogamic plants (algae and mosses), fungi and lichens. - Loan requests have to be sent to the curator of the herbarium (only for insitutions, e.g. herbaria, institutes, museums). Scans of particular specimens can be prepared and sent on request.
Type material of the Herbarium HAL
- Type material of HAL is separately stored. Currently it comprises more than 3500 names. The herbarium of D.F.L. v. Schlechtendal represents the historic basis of HAL. Numerous types of taxa described by Schlechtendal (1164 species and 44 varieties and formae) are maintained at Halle (types of 747 taxa are present at HAL). All names have been proven. The results have been published by Braun & Wittig (Schlechtendalia 10: 15-65, 2003), and all data have been put into the 'Typus database' of HAL. If the type material of a particular taxon is not preserved at HAL, the note 'Not at HAL' is given (missing types often refer to taxa described by Schlechtendal before he moved away from Berlin to Halle in 1833). For all other collections and authors (Werner 1988, Braun 1994), only type specimens preserved at HAL are listed (e.g., H.H. Behr, A. v. Chamisso, J.F. Drège, C.F. Ecklon, C.A. Ehrenberg, A. v. Humboldt, R.A. Philippi, P. Salzmann, C.J.W. Schiede, C. Schkuhr, F. Sellow, F.W. Sieber, C.L. Willdenow, C.L.P. Zeyher, etc.). They are to be found in the 'Typus database' and partly in some publications on types of taxa belonging to particular plant families (see below). The herbarium of K. Sprengel, the predecessor of Schlechtendal in Halle, is not at HAL, except for some duplicates, e.g. in herb. Schkuhr and Schlechtendal. Currently a systematic search for additional types housed at HAL is in progress, and a project dealing with the scanning of all types of taxa described from Africa and South America has been initiated. The scans will later be put into our database in order to be available for the public. The particular types are marked as 'holo-, iso-, lecto-, neo-, syn- or paratype' (if the status is unclear, only 'type' is given).
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Particular lists of types according to taxonomic groups (Einzellisten der Typen nach taxonomischen Gruppen:
Cryptogamic plants and fungi (Kryptogamenpflanzen und Pilze):
Bryophyta Fungi Lichenes Pteridophyta Gymnospermae
Spermatophyta:
Annonaceae Apiaceae Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae Brassicaceae Gentianaceae Loganiaceae Menyanthaceae Myrtaceae Ranunculaceae
References (Literatur):
BRAUN, U. (1994): Das Herbarium. S. 295-302. In R.-T. SPELER (Hrsg.): 300 Jahre Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1894-1994, Schätze aus den Sammlungen und Kabinetten. Stadt Karlsruhe, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. WERNER, K. (1988): Zur Geschichte des Herbariums der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg nebst Anmerkungen zu einigen Sammlungen. Hercynia N.F. 25(1): 11-26.