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Important collections of the herbarium ZSS

Overview

The herbarium of the Zurich Succulent Plant Collection contains around 28,800 permanently preserved specimens of succulent plants from all over the world, as well as around 10,000 seed samples, mainly of cacti. The focus is on the families Cactaceae, Crassulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Asclepiadaceae (Apocynaceae - Asclepioideae), Aloaceae and Portulacaceae (in descending order of importance), but all other families with succulent representatives are also represented. Geographically, the focus is on the arid regions of Africa, Madagascar and America.

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Important collections are from:

K.Alpinar, E.A.Anderson, P.R.O. Bally, U.Bischofberger, S.Brack, P.J.Braun, S. Collenette, A.Donikyan, U. Eggli, N. Gerloff, R. Gruber, H. 't Hart, R. Hillmann, A. Hofer, S. Hofstätter, L. Horst (Horst & Uebelmann), H.-J. Jucker, R. Kiesling, K. Knize, D. Labhart, A. B. Lau, J. J. Lavranos, B. E. Leuenberger, L. C. Leach, J. van Loon, J. Lüthy, J. E. Madsen, N. Martinez, R. Nyffeler, J. Piltz, D. C. H. Plowes, W. Rauh, W. Rausch, W. Reppenhagen, F. Ritter, H. Rogozinski, W. Röösli, H. Ruoff, E. Specks, D. J. Supthut, H. Swoboda, N. P. Taylor, W. Uebelmann (Horst & Uebelmann).

Additional Information

Alkoholleichen

Specimens in alcohol

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