RB

Bird's-eye view of Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

• Name: Herbário Dimitri Sucre, Diretoria de Pesquisa, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 22460-030, Brazil
• Herbarium Code: RB

• Current Status: Active

• Number of Specimens: 885000

• Taxonomic Coverage:

• Geography: Worldwide, especially Brazil

• Date Founded: 1890

Notes

• Incorporated GFJP & CARAN (30,000 specimens), GUA (ca. 70,000 specimens, 2017), ITA, RUSU, Serviço Florestal, and wood collection of HBR.

Specimen catalogs

• Lanna, J.M., Silva, L.A.E., Morim, M.P., Leitman, P.M., Queiroz, N.O., Filardi, F.L.R., Dalcin, E.C., Oliveira, F.A. & Forzza, R.C. 2018. Herbarium collection of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (RB), Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22757. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22757 Reference page. 

External links

• Consulta Pública do Herbário Virtual (Portuguese). Accessed: 31 January 2026.
• Index Herbariorum, NYBG Steere Herbarium. Accessed: 31 January 2026.