Herbarium Dresdense
Herbarium Record of the Snowdrop Anemone (anemone sylvestris), collected in 1885 in Vogtland
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.
Publications
F. Müller, Die Botanische Sammlung, in: Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz, Technische Universität Dresden. Hrsg. von der Rektorin der Technischen Universität Dresden. Dresden 2022, p. 35-46.
Contact
Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany
Seminargebäude 2, Zellescher Weg 20
Dr. Frank Müller, Phone +49 351 463-33012
Frank.Mueller@tu-dresden.de