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Herbario de Líquenes de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, Cecon) (USAC-USCG Líquenes)

The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Herbarium (USCG), created in 1923 by the Guatemalan botanist Ulises Rojas, is the oldest in the country. The USCG Herbarium contains more than 47,000 specimens from Guatemala, grouped in 273 families, 1,959 genera and 6,842 species of hepatics, mosses, ferns, vascular plants, lichens and macrofungi. / El Herbario Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USCG), instaurado por el botánico guatemalteco Ulises Rojas en 1923, es el más antiguo del país. La colección del Herbario USCG cuenta actualmente con más de 47,000 ejemplares que corresponden a 273 familias, 1,959 géneros y 6,842 especies de hepáticas, musgos, helechos, plantas con semillas, líquenes y macrohongos.

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Collection Statistics

  • 49 specimen records
  • 49 (100%) georeferenced
  • 13 (27%) with images (13 total images)
  • 28 (57%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 11 genera
  • 12 species
  • 12 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 12 September 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
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