*S.K.Singh, Manish K. Kandwal, Subhasmit Bhattacharyya, Latika Sagarwal, Poulami Ghosh
*Botanical Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun-248195
Abstract: The plant systematics undoubtedly begets all other related deciplines of plant sciences. The herbaria are in dispensable, without studying them any systematic and taxonomical work can not be completed. There are approximately 3,567 herbaria in the world and 130 in India. Botanical Survey of India (BSI), a premier institute of India in the field of plant taxonomy, has 13 herbaria located in different parts of the country. Herbarium of Northern Regional Center, Dehradun (acronym BSD) is one of them and it maintains more than one lakh specimens of Angiosperms, Gymnosperms and Pteridophytes collected mostly from northern India. The herbarium also accommodates about 2000 foreign specimens belonging to 668 genera and 150 families of vascular plants.
These specimens were received from some foreign institutions or collected during different expeditions by various researchers, mainly from Asian countries as well as some of from Europe, Australia, North and South America. A catalogue of these historically significant plants is presented here in present communication.
Key words: BSD, Foreign specimen, Catalogue
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