NBG

• Name: Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X7, Claremont, Western Cape Province 7735, Republic of South Africa
• Herbarium Code: NBG

• Current Status: Active

• Number of Specimens: 507000

• Taxonomic Coverage: Angiosperms and pteridophytes

• Geography: Southern Africa, including Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, especially northern and western Cape; worldwide

• Date Founded: 1933

Notes

• NBG and SAM fungi were transferred to PREM in 1991. Non-vascular cryptogams have been transferred to PRE. Algae on long-term loan to NU.

External links

• www.sanbi.org/biodiversity/foundations/biosystematics-collections/compton-herbarium/
• Index Herbariorum, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Accessed: 1 October 2023.