Universidad del Valle de Guatemala - Herbario UVAL
Citation
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (2024). Universidad del Valle de Guatemala - Herbario UVAL. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/u339qt accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-25.Description
The UVAL Herbarium was created in 1974 for education. In 1990, a formal reference collection was established and became the official herbarium of the Del Valle University of Guatemala. It currently has more than 20,000 records, among ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. The main objective is to be a collection of the Guatemalan flora, open to the public, used as a reference for various studies by students and researchers. The main interests are tropical taxonomy, ethnobiology, ecology, and forests restoration.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
originatorBiodiversidad de Guatemala
email: sorellana@asu.edu
homepage: https://biodiversidad.gt/portal/index.php
metadata author
Biodiversidad de Guatemala
email: sorellana@asu.edu
homepage: https://biodiversidad.gt/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala - Herbario UVAL
Telephone: (+502) 2507-1500
homepage: http://www.uvg.edu.gt
Javier Aju
content provider
position: Curador
email: ljaju@uvg.edu.gt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9991-8473
Ana Isabel García Ambrosy
content provider
position: Investigadora Asistente
email: anaisagarcia@alumni.uvg.edu.gt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7392-6259