Number of records published in GBIF
39.148
Contact
Contact
Director
Telephone
+34-913941769
Address
Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n
Madrid
28040
Madrid
ESPAÑA
mafherb@farm.ucm.es
Website
Herbario MAF, Fac. Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Code
MAF -
Registration date
20/08/2007 -
Update date
16/10/2015 - Download the sheet
Description
This Herbarium was founded by Blas Lázaro e Ibiza in 1892. Its central nucleus was the Herbarium of the Linneana Matritensis Society that, by proposal of Fausto Garagarza (professor of physical Techniques), was stored in the Faculty of Pharmacy in December of 1892. The collection of plants of P. A. Pourret was included soon. This collection was inherited of the School of Pharmacy of Santiago. To the death of B. Lázaro a structure of 27 closets existed. In those the collections of Marcelo Rivas Mateo, Máximo Laguna y José María Pérez Lara had been stored. Later, the collections of the different professors of the Faculty were included. Among those, the collecions of José Cuatrecasas and Manuel López Figueiras and some collections acquired by this, the herbaria of Touton and Huguet del Villar are remarkable. Salvador Rivas Goday was the responsible for the current location of the collections (100 closets) and of the great increment of those by means of collecting and exchange. José Borja is one of the most important collaborators of Rivas Goday. The MAF was included in the Index Herbariorum in 1993 and it actively participates in the creation of the Association of Herbaria Iberian-macaroneesic (AHIM). In 2003 it joined the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facilities) database. The number of currently preserved specimens is near 222000. Of the total amount of specimens in MAF, just over 10000 make up the historical collections of Pourret and the Linnean Society of Madrid. The rest of the collections (e.g. L. Née, H. Ruiz & J.A. Pavón, J.M. Pérez Lara, B. Lázaro Ibiza, M. Rivas Mateos, P. Font Quer, S. Rivas Goday, J. Borja, J. Cuatrecasas, S. Rivas-Martínez) is integrated into the general herbarium. Currently 30% of the total is digitalized.Overall information
Strengths
1- Taxonomy (Biodiversity), 2- Biogeography, 3- Ecology, 4- Fitosociology, 5- Molecular Biology
Access restrictions
Free for Botanists and scientific researchers
Taxonomic coverage
Scientific names
algunos/as Coniferophyta, algunos/as Equisetopsida, algunos/as Gnetophyta, Liliatae, algunos/as Lycophyta, algunos/as Magnoliatae, algunos/as Pteridophyta.
Common names
algunos/as Angiospermas, algunos/as cola de caballo, algunos/as coníferas, algunos/as efedra, algunos/as helechos, algunos/as licopodios, isoetes, selaginela, todo(s) plantas vasculares.
Geospatial coverage
algunos/as África del Norte, principalmente Europa, algunos/as resto del mundo.
Temporal location
Temporal coverage
todo(s) taxón existente.
Datasets of the collection/database
Types of objects
todo(s) organismos enteros.
Types of datasets
todo(s) Preservados.
Conservation method
todo(s) secado y prensado.
Digitalization
210.000
100
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Map of Specimens
Related Resources
Publications
- Taxon, 1973, 22(2-3): 267-270
- Bol. Soc. Española Hist. Farmacia, 1987, 151-152: 347-358
- Webbia, 1993, 48: 605-610.