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C O L L E C T I O N S O F T H E FA C U LT Y O F B I O L O G Y

H E R B A R I U M D R E S D E N S E
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The Herbarium Dresdense (international acronym DR) consists of about 500,000 samples of
plants, lichens and fungi from all systematic groups and from every continent on earth, although
the main focus is Europe. The collection is subdivided into the Herbarium Generale with seed
plant samples of global origin, the Herbarium Saxonicum, with plants from Saxony and adjacent
areas, the Cryptogam Herbarium, which includes algae, fungi, lichens and bryophytes, as well as
Oscar Drude’s Formation Herbarium. In addition, the herbarium houses timber cross-sections,
seeds, fruits and pollen preparations. There is also a card file containing the collection sites
of Saxon plants. In 1918, the extensive Potentilla Herbarium of Theodor Wolf (the basis for his
monograph on the genus Potentilla) was acquired and incorporated into the herbarium DR.

Institute of Botany
Seminargebäude 2 · Zellescher Weg 22
Dr. Frank Müller · Phone: +49 351–463 330 12 · E-Mail: Frank.Mueller@tu-dresden.de
https://tu-dresden.de/mn/biologie/botanik/botanik/herbarium

B I S C U T E L L A L A E V I G A T A ( F I G . P . 8 )
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E R I O P H O R U M A N G U S T I F O L I U M ( F I G . L E F T )
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C O L L E C T I O N C A B I N E T W I T H T H E P O T E N T I L L A H E R B A R I U M P O R T F O L I O S B Y T H E O D O R W O L F ( F I G . R I G H T )

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