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Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany

Coordinates: 42°22′45″N 71°06′53″W / 42.3791°N 71.1146°W / 42.3791; -71.1146
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Farlow Herbarium
Farlow Herbarium, June 2023
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Alternative namesFarlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany
General information
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Named forWilliam Gilson Farlow
Completed1887
AffiliationHarvard University
Design and construction
Architect(s)Peabody and Stearns

The Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany is an herbarium and library at Harvard University with about 1,400,000 specimens, including approximately 75,000 types, of lichens, fungi, bryophytes, diatoms, and algae.[1] It grew from the 1919 bequest of William Gilson Farlow of his personal herbarium and library to Harvard. It grew further from additional bequests from Roland Thaxter, and specimens, manuscripts, correspondence, illustrations, and field notes from other notable researchers such as E. B. Bartram, E. A. Burt, W. H. Weston Jr., D. H. Linder, and Elke Mackenzie.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, Farlow Herbarium

42°22′45″N 71°06′53″W / 42.3791°N 71.1146°W / 42.3791; -71.1146